Thomas Erastus and the Palatinate : a Renaissance physician in the Second Reformation / by Charles D. Gunnoe, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunnoe, Charles D., 1963-

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; v. 48.

Brill's series in church history ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erastus, Thomas, 1524-1583.

Erastus, Thomas.

Physicians--History.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study is the first monograph to attempt a synthetic treatment of the career of Thomas Erastus (1524-1583). Erastus was a central player in the conversion of the Electoral Palatinate to Reformed Christianity in the early 1560's and a co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism. In the church discipline controversy of the 1560's and 1570's, Erastus opposed the Calvinist effort to institute a consistory of elders with independent authority over excommunication. Erastus’s defeat in this controversy, and the ensuing Antitrinitarian affair, proved the watershed of his career. He turned to the refutation of Paracelsus and a debate with Johann Weyer on the punishment of witches. The epilogue tracks Erastus’s later career and the reception of his works into the seventeenth century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Charles D. Gunnoe

Introduction / Charles D. Gunnoe

Prologue / Charles D. Gunnoe

Early Battles: Reformed Protestantism’s Arrival in the Palatinate / Charles D. Gunnoe

The Lord’s Supper inTheory and Practice / Charles D. Gunnoe

The Epiphany: The Heidelberg Catechism / Charles D. Gunnoe

The Reformed Confession in Storm and Stress / Charles D. Gunnoe

The Heidelberg Church Discipline Controversy / Charles D. Gunnoe

The Watershed / Charles D. Gunnoe

Antiparacelsica / Charles D. Gunnoe

Concerning Witches: Erastus’s Debate with Johann Weyer / Charles D. Gunnoe

Epilogue and Conclusion / Charles D. Gunnoe

Appendix A. Faculty Rosters from the University of Heidelberg / Charles D. Gunnoe

Appendix B. Excerpts from Erastus’s Correspondence concerning Paracelsus. Translated by Charles Gunnoe and Jole Shackelford, University of Minnesota / Charles D. Gunnoe

Correspondence Register / Charles D. Gunnoe

Bibliography / Charles D. Gunnoe

Index / Charles D. Gunnoe.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-504) and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-16084-6

9786613160843

90-04-21506-9

OCLC:

741613173

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access