Shifting Patterns of Reformed Tradition

Shifting Patterns of Reformed Tradition
Author: Emidio Campi
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3647550655

The thirteen essays in this volume were all originally presented at international conferences or in public lectures.They address three main areas of inquiry, all of which, in one way or another, are of key importance in early modern historical discourse and theological thinking: (1) the theological diversity and debates within the Reformed tradition in the sixteenth century and beyond; (2) Peter Martyr Vermigli's noteworthy contribution to Reformed ecclesiology and biblical exegesis; and (3) the later development and enrichment of Reformed thought on both sides of the Atlantic. They show that the Reformed tradition was neither monolithic, nor monochrome, nor immutable, but evolved in different, if interrelated, patterns and directions.

London presbyterians and the British revolutions, 1638–64

London presbyterians and the British revolutions, 1638–64
Author: Elliot Vernon
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526157799

This is the first book-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. It charts the emergence of a movement of clergy and laity that aimed at ‘reforming the Reformation’ by instituting presbyterianism in London’s parishes and ultimately the Church of England. The book analyses the movement’s political narrative and its relationship with its patrons in the parliamentarian aristocracy and gentry. It also considers the political and social institutions of London life and examines the presbyterians’ opponents within the parliamentarian camp. Finally, it focuses on the intellectual influence of presbyterian ideas on the political thought and polity of the Church and the emergence of dissent at the Restoration.

Martin Luther

Martin Luther
Author: Alberto Melloni
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1732
Release: 2017-12-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110499029

The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther’s life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500. This handbook is also available in German.

The Immortal Commonwealth

The Immortal Commonwealth
Author: David P. Henreckson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108470211

Reveals how early modern religious conceptions of covenant and community were deployed for surprisingly radical political ends.

The Church

The Church
Author: Donald K. McKim
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532600542

This book considers basics of Christian faith about the church, conveyed through the perspectives of the Reformed tradition, particularly in its Presbyterian expression from Donald McKim's own context in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The six chapters deal with ecclesiology: understandings of the church. The book begins by considering the call to follow Jesus in the church, the beginning of the Christian journey. The Reformation slogan "the Church Reformed and Always Being Reformed according to the Word of God" orients us to the nature of the church and God's ongoing work of Word and Spirit within the community of faith. Three of the chapters discuss phrases from the Apostles' Creed. These are "I believe in the Holy Spirit," "the holy catholic church," and "the communion of saints." The final chapter, called "Imagine the Church!" provides theological resources for helping us recognize and experience the God of superabundance who is at work in the world, in the church, and in our own lives (Eph 3:20). Together these essays provide theological understandings of the church while also exploring the meanings and implications of the church for Christian life and experience today.

Padua and Venice

Padua and Venice
Author: Brigit Blass-Simmen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 651
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre: Art
ISBN: 3110465183

Venice and Padua are neighboring cities with a topographical and geopolitical distinction. Venice is a port city in the Venetian Lagoon, which opened up towards Byzantium and the East. Padua on the mainland was founded in Roman times and is a university city, a place of Humanism and research into antiquity. The contributions analyze works of art as aesthetic formulations of their places of origin, which however also have an effect on and expand their surroundings. International experts investigate how these two different concepts stimulated each other in the Early Modern Age, and how the exchange worked.

From Zwingli to Amyraut

From Zwingli to Amyraut
Author: Jon Balserak
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2017-09-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3647552798

Historians and scholars of the Reformation's earliest century are invited to expand their understanding of that critical era by an examination of aspects of Reform which are lesser known than Luther and his activities. This volume widens and deepens and broadens our perceptions of »the Reformation« and reminds us that in fact what we have in the 16th and early 17th century are »Reformations«. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the German monk and reformer Martin Luther posting his theses (October 31, 1517), the contributors of this volume invite us to expand our understanding of »the Reformation« by an examination of aspects of Reform which are lesser known than Luther to probe some less-explored corners of the Reformation. To be sure, Martin Luther himself receives attention in this volume. But the aim of this book is really to take the occasion provided by the increased attention paid to the Reformation during the year 2017 to explore other theologians, movements, and ideas. The expanding of the scholarly mind and opening up of new vistas often overshadowed by larger figures, like Luther, can only be good for the study of the Reformation and Early Modern era. This volume is intended for students of early modern Church history with a particular focus on the non-Lutheran aspects of that history.

Morality After Calvin

Morality After Calvin
Author: Kirk M. Summers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190280077

Morality after Calvin examines the development of ethical thought in the Reformed tradition immediately following the death of Calvin, using Theodore Beza's Cato Censorius Christianus (1591) as a point of departure. The book examines the theology that drove the disciplinary activity at Geneva in the latter half of the sixteenth century.

The English Print Trade in the Reign of Edward VI, 1547–1553

The English Print Trade in the Reign of Edward VI, 1547–1553
Author: Celyn David Richards
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2023-06-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004510176

The protestant reformation was critical to the efflorescence of printing in England between 1547 and 1553. Celyn David Richards explores English print culture during this turbulent period, in which an official programme of reform, new censorship dynamics and increasingly sophisticated commercial relationships contributed to the trade’s rapid expansion. Edward VI’s reign saw unprecedented levels of religious print production, London’s first publishing syndicate, and a climate of protestant ascendancy which helped English print culture to make up ground on its continental counterparts.

Predestination and Preaching in Genevan Theology from Calvin to Pictet

Predestination and Preaching in Genevan Theology from Calvin to Pictet
Author: Pieter L. Rouwendal
Publisher: Summum Academic
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9492701286

Given the conclusions of recent research, that predestination was no central dogma to, and did not affect the method of reformed theology, this study investigates the question of if and how the doctrine of predestination affected the ideas and practice of preaching. The relation of predestination and covenant, congregation, atonement, faith etc. are researched in the theology and sermons of John Calvin, Theodore Beza, John Diodati, and Theodore Tronchin, Francis Turretin, and Benedict Pictet. This study shows that in Genevan Reformed Theology from Calvin to Pictet, predestination and the external call were inseparably connected, but that the doctrine of predestination neither dominated the content nor restricted the address of the external call.