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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785767103321

Autore

Chung-Kim Esther <1973->

Titolo

Inventing authority [[electronic resource] ] : the use of the Church Fathers in Reformation debates over the Eucharist / / Esther Chung-Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60258-471-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

234/.16309409031

Soggetti

Lord's Supper - History of doctrines - 16th century

Religious disputations - History - 16th century

Fathers of the church

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : reformation of the ancient tradition : interpreting the Fathers in the eucharistic debates -- Colloquy of Marburg (1529) : the Fathers as allies or liabilities -- John Calvin's use of the Fathers in the Institutes and New Testament commentaries -- John Calvin and Joachim Westphal : first phase of the debate (1555-1556) -- Calvin and Westphal, continued : second phase of the debate (1557-1558) -- Calvin versus Hesshusen : the Fathers as a challenge to biblical interpretation -- Use of the Fathers at the Colloquy of Montbeliard (1586) : Theodore Beza versus Jakob Andreae.

Sommario/riassunto

An important analysis of the Reformers' appropriation of Patristic sources