Church mother : the writings of a Protestant reformer in sixteenth-century Germany / Katharina Schutz Zell ; edited and translated by Elsie McKee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zell, Katharina, 1497 or 1498-1562.

Contributor:

McKee, Elsie Anne.

Series:

Other voice in early modern Europe.

The other voice in early modern Europe

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2006

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--France--Strasbourg.

Reformation.

Christian women--Religious life.

Christian women.

Strasbourg (France)--Church history.

Strasbourg (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Imbued with character and independence, strength and articulateness, humor and conviction, abundant biblical knowledge and intense compassion, Katharina Schütz Zell (1498-1562) was an outspoken religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry and the responsibility of lay people-women as well as men-to proclaim the Gospel. As one of the first and most daring models of the pastor's wife in the Protestant Reformation, Schütz Zell demonstrated that she could be an equal partner in marriage; she was for many years a respected, if unofficial, mother of the established church of Strasbourg in an age when ecclesiastical leadership was dominated by men. Though a commoner, Schütz Zell participated actively in public life and wrote prolifically, including letters of consolation, devotional writings, biblical meditations, catechetical instructions, a sermon, and lengthy polemical exchanges with male theologians. The complete translations of her extant publications, except for her longest, are collected here in Church Mother, offering modern readers a rare opportunity to understand the important work of women in the formation of the early Protestant church.

Contents:

Letter to the suffering women of the community in Kentzingen

Katharina Schutz's apologia for Master Matthew Zell, her husband

Some Christian and comforting songs of praise about Jesus Christ our Savior

Lament and exhortation of Katharina Zell to the people at the grave of Master Matthew Zell

The Miserere Psalm meditated, prayed, and paraphrased with King David by Katharina Zell

, sent to the Christian man Sir Felix Armbruster

To Caspar Schwenckfeld

A letter to the whole citizenship of the city of Strasbourg from Katharina Zell,

concerning Mr. Ludwig Rabus

Letter of Ludwig Rabus to Katharina Schutz Zell.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index.

ISBN:

9786611126179

9781281126177

1281126179

9780226979687

0226979687

OCLC:

476227958