Reformers in the wings [[electronic resource] ] : from Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza / / David C. Steinmetz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792243303321
• Autore: Steinmetz David Curtis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0-19-028483-8; 1-280-47253-7; 0-19-513047-2; 0-19-802996-9; 1-4237-6042-5; 9786610472536
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Disciplina: 270.6/092/2; B
• Soggetti: Church history - 16th century; Reformation
• 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. 175-190) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; PART I. CATHOLIC REFORM; 1. Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445-1510): Pastoral Care and Human Responsibility; 2. Johannes von Staupitz (1460/9-1524): Theology of the Praise of God; 3. Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542): The Search for a Consensus; 4. Faber Stapulensis (1455-1536): The Letter and the Spirit; 5. Reginald Pole (1500-1558): The Loss of Eden; PART II. THE LUTHERAN TRADITION; 6. Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560): Return to Method; 7. Johannes Bugenhagen (1485-1558): Structures of the Church; 8. Andreas Osiander (1498-1552): The Renewal of Human Life; 9. Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483-1565): Set for the Defense of the Gospel 10. Johannes Brenz (1499-1570): The Authority of the State; PART III. THE REFORMED TRADITION; 11. Martin Bucer (1491-1551): The Church and the Social Order; 12. Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575): Covenant and the Continuity of Salvation History; 13. John Hooper (1495-1555): The Birth of the Puritan Spirit; 14. Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562): The Eucharistic Sacrifice; 15. Theodore Beza (1519-; 1605): Eternal Predestination and Divine Sovereignty; PART IV. RADICAL REFORMERS; 16. Andreas Bodenstein von Carlstadt (1480-1541): Reformation without "Tarrying for Anie"17. Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489-1561): The Renunciation of Structure; 18. Balthasar Hubmaier (1485?-1528): Free Will and Covenant; 19. Hans Denck (1500?-1527): The Universal Word; 20. Pilgram Marpeck (1495?-1556): The Church and the Old Testament; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Reformers in the Wings' provides brief and accessible portraits of 20 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.