Debating the sacraments : print and authority in the early Reformation / Amy Nelson Burnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnett, Amy Nelson, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation.

Printing--Europe--History--16th century.

Printing.

Christian literature--Publishing--Europe--History--16th century.

Christian literature.

Book industries and trade--Europe--History--16th century.

Book industries and trade.

Lord's Supper--History of doctrines.

Lord's Supper.

Baptism--History of doctrines.

Baptism.

Christian literature--Publishing.

History.

Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 524 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Debating the Sacraments argues that Reformation debates concerning baptism and the Lord's Supper cannot be treated in isolation. It demonstrates the continuing influence of Erasmus on Luther's evangelical opponents and examines the role of printing in fanning the public controversy over the sacraments"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Print and the Reformation crisis of authority

Contours of the printed debate

Heresy and hermeneutics: the background to the controversy

Karlstadt's challenge to Luther

The early debate in Switzerland

Martin Bucer and Bugenhagen's Psalms commentary

Oecolampadius against the Wittenbergers

Undermining Oecolampadius: the debate with Pirckheimer

The contributions of Zurich and Strasbourg

Print, polemics, and popular response in South Germany

The debate matures, 1527-1529

The Lord's Supper in catechetical literature

Sacramentarian diversity

Reconstituting authority.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-493) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Burnett, Amy Nelson, 1957- Debating the sacraments.

ISBN:

9780190921187

0190921188

OCLC:

1044816306