Caspar Schwenckfeld on the Person and Work of Christ

Caspar Schwenckfeld on the Person and Work of Christ
Author: Paul L. Maier
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2004-07-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1592447546

The Protestant Reformation was hardly a unified protest against the doctrines and practices of the Medieval church. Aside from the mainstream Lutheran, Anglican, and Reformed divisions, a variety of eddies and side currents also flowed through reform in the sixteenth century. There were Anabaptists, of course, as well as Spiritualists, Mystics, Pantheists, Anti-Trinitarians, and others in the so-called Radical Reformation. One of the most intriguing of these smaller, too-marginalized movements were the Schwenkfelders, named for the Silesian lay theologian, Casper Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561). An irenic voice in the raucous controversies of the sixteenth century, Schwenckfeld pioneered a Reformation of the Middle Way that sought to avoid the extremes of the day. He started as an admirer of Luther, but developed a more spiritual interpretation of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. Venturing further along this vector, he emphasized the spiritual dimension in all ecclesiastical externals, including preaching, the ministry, baptism, and church. Themes involving Christology and Soteriology, however, fill all 19 volumes of the Schwenckfeld's writings - the 'Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum - and form the very center of Schwenckfeldian theology, still espoused by the Schwenkfelders of eastern Pennsylvania. In brilliant fashion, this study illumines that core.

Caspar Schwenckfeld on the Person and Work of Christ

Caspar Schwenckfeld on the Person and Work of Christ
Author: Paul L. Maier
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2004-07-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725211173

The Protestant Reformation was hardly a unified protest against the doctrines and practices of the Medieval church. Aside from the mainstream Lutheran, Anglican, and Reformed divisions, a variety of eddies and side currents also flowed through reform in the sixteenth century. There were Anabaptists, of course, as well as Spiritualists, Mystics, Pantheists, Anti-Trinitarians, and others in the so-called Radical Reformation. One of the most intriguing of these smaller, too-marginalized movements were the Schwenkfelders, named for the Silesian lay theologian, Casper Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561). An irenic voice in the raucous controversies of the sixteenth century, Schwenckfeld pioneered a Reformation of the Middle Way that sought to avoid the extremes of the day. He started as an admirer of Luther, but developed a more spiritual interpretation of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. Venturing further along this vector, he emphasized the spiritual dimension in all ecclesiastical externals, including preaching, the ministry, baptism, and church. Themes involving Christology and Soteriology, however, fill all 19 volumes of the Schwenckfeld's writings - the 'Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum - and form the very center of Schwenckfeldian theology, still espoused by the Schwenkfelders of eastern Pennsylvania. In brilliant fashion, this study illumines that core.

The Flesh and the Feminine

The Flesh and the Feminine
Author: Ruth Gouldbourne
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1556351283

During the sixteenth-century reformations, Caspar Schwenckfeld was one of the mavericks and creative thinkers who made up the amorphous grouping of radicals. At the time, and since, much has been made of the number of women who were attracted to his theology. Various reasons for this have been suggested, ranging from the attractions of a well spoken nobleman through to the pull of a more domestic religion. This study argues that the attraction lay in the theology that Schwenckfeld explored and offered, and the ways in which it destabilized the accepted social and biological definitions of gender identity.

The Christology of Caspar Schwenckfeld

The Christology of Caspar Schwenckfeld
Author: André Séguenny
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1987
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

This volume contains a translation of Andre Seguenny's 1975 Homme charnel, Homme spirituel. Etude sur la Christologie de Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489-1561), with a preface by Seguenny in which he gives his reasons for leaving this work unrevised. In this study Seguenny places Schwenckfeld's theology between Catholicism and Protestantism, arguing that Schwenckfeld's theology can be understood better in relation to the Renaissance, Christian humanism, and Erasmus than to the Reformation and Luther.

Reformers in the Wings

Reformers in the Wings
Author: David C. Steinmetz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2001-03-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190284838

This book offers portraits of twenty of the secondary theologians of the Reformation period. In addition to describing a particular theologian, each portrait explores one problem in 16th-century Christian thought. Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, and Radical thinkers are all represented in this volume, which serves as both an introduction to the field and a handy reference for scholars.

The Radical Reformation, 3rd ed.

The Radical Reformation, 3rd ed.
Author: George Huntston Williams
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 1562
Release: 1995-04-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0271091347

George Williams' monumental The Radical Reformation has been an essential reference work for historians of early modern Europe, narrating in rich, interpretative detail the interconnected stories of radical groups operating at the margins of the mainline Reformation. In its scope—spanning all of Europe from Spain to Poland, from Denmark to Italy—and its erudition, The Radical Reformation is without peer. Now in paperback format, Williams' magnum opus should be considered for any university-level course on the Reformation.

Role of the Holy Spirit in Protestant Systematic Theology

Role of the Holy Spirit in Protestant Systematic Theology
Author: Wilson Varkey
Publisher: Langham Monographs
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1907713107

This volume is a meticulously researched text on pneumatology which puts the major pneumatological issues together without confining to the traditional way of dealing with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Although pneumatology has been a neglected field in theological discussions of the past, there is a renewal of interest among theologians on pneumatology today. This renewal of interest has led to the formation of this work on the role of the Holy Spirit in the Protestant Systematic Theology. Through highlighting the role and significance of the Holy Spirit in the whole divine action, this volume contends that pneumatology is not a dull theological locus, but rather an essential theological disposition relevant for today. The detailed arguments found within challenge and inspire the contemporary pneumatological discussions as it relates to all the facets of theological reflection and action.

The Reformation of the Heart

The Reformation of the Heart
Author: SARAH. APETREI
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198836007

This groundbreaking study offers fresh insight into the relationship between radical theology and gender radicalism in the seventeenth-century English Revolution. Examining published works and previously unexplored archival material, Sarah Apetrei shows the transformative role that women played in religious reform during the period.

The Theology of John Smyth

The Theology of John Smyth
Author: Jason K. Lee
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780865547605

The first book-length analysis of the thought of the first English Baptist