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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154733103321

Autore

Loewen Harry

Titolo

Luther and the Radicals [[electronic resource] ] : Another Look at Some Aspects of the Struggle Between Luther and the Radical Reformers / / by Harry Loewen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University, 1974

ISBN

1-55458-736-0

1-282-23385-8

9786613811592

0-88920-721-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

[Wilfrid Laurier University. Publications]

Disciplina

270.6

270.6/092

270.6/092/4

Soggetti

Christian sects

Anabaptists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 191-206.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Chapter I: BACKGROUND FOR THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LUTHER AND THE RADICAL REFORMERS; Chapter II: LUTHER AND THE WITTENBERG RADICALS; Chapter III: LUTHER'S STRUGGLE WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY RADICALS; Chapter IV: LUTHER AND THE EVANGELICAL ANABAPTISTS; Chapter V: LUTHER AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ANABAPTISTS; Chapter VI: LUTHER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SPIRITUALISTS, ANTINOMIANS AND ANTITRINITARIANS; Chapter VII: LUTHER AND THE RADICALS ON TOLERANCE AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY; Chapter VIII: CONCLUSION; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In their zeal to tell the true story of sixteenth-century radicalism, some sympathizers of the Anabaptist movement have portrayed the once maligned individuals and groups as innocent, pious people who suffered cruel persecution at the hands of the wicked state-churchmen. Their side of the story is thus often as one-sided as was the story of



the enemies of Anabaptism.     This book, written by a Mennonite scholar, seeks to understand the reasons for the clash between Luther and the radicals, a point often neglected when one or the other side is emphasized. The study keeps Luther, howeve