Record Nr.

UNINA9910453558103321

Autore

Becker Judith, Dr.

Titolo

Gemeindeordnung und Kirchenzucht [[electronic resource] ] : Johannes a Lascos Kirchenordnung für London (1555) und die reformierte Konfessionsbildung / / von Judith Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92636-1

9786611926366

90-474-2065-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (607 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, , 1573-4188 ; ; v. 122

Disciplina

284.2092

Soggetti

Reformed Church - Discipline

Reformation - England - London

Reformation - Germany - Emden (Lower Saxony)

Church - History of doctrines - 16th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of author's thesis (doctoral--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2006).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-575) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Vorläufige Material / J. Becker -- Einleitung / J. Becker -- Johannes A Lascos Ekklesiologie / J. Becker -- Kirchenordnung Und Kirchenzucht In Der Kirchengemeinde Emden, 1557–1600 / J. Becker -- Kirchenordnung Und Kirchenzucht In Der Niederländischen Fremdengemeinde London, 1560–1600 / J. Becker -- Kirchenordnung Und Kirchenzucht In Der Französischen Fremdengemeinde London, 1560–1600 / J. Becker -- Johannes A Lascos Ekklesiologische Konzeption Und Die Formierung Reformierter Gemeinden / J. Becker -- Quellen- Und Literaturverzeichnis / J. Becker -- Register / J. Becker.

Sommario/riassunto

This study describes the origins of early Reformed confessional development using the example of those congregations of religious refugees most heavily influenced by John Laski: the congregation at Emden and the Dutch and French Strangers’ Churches in London. At its center are questions about the congregation as the location of ecclesiology. The outlines of Laski’s theology--which viewed the

congregation as the communion of the body of Christ--are described in comparison to the approaches of other Reformers and in relationship to daily reality in the second half of the sixteenth century. Working from a rich base of source materials, the author discusses the development of teachings on church offices and the practice of church discipline, thus illuminating the self-understanding of the three congregations. Becker shows how reciprocal influences and attempts to conform led to the unification of doctrine and community life within these congregations.