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The roots of the Reformation : tradition, emergence and rupture / G.R. Evans.

By: Publication details: Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, c2012.Edition: 2nd rev. edDescription: 480 p. ; pbk ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780830839964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.6/EVA
Contents:
Setting the scene : the "fair field of folk".
Part 1. Bible and church : the questions begin. The idea of church -- The idea of faith -- Where was the Bible? -- Becoming and remaining a member of the church -- Penance and the recurring problem of sin -- The Eucharist and the idea of sacraments -- Organization, making decisions and keeping together -- The church and the state.
Part 2. Continuity and change in the Middle Ages. Monastic life, monastic education and awakening social concerns -- The beginning of academic theology and the invention of universities -- The evangelical urge and the wandering preachers -- Religious experiments by the laity -- Rebels, repression and the stirrings of reform..
Part 3. Continuity and change from the Reformation. Renaissance -- Luther and his heirs : the moderate reformers -- Henry VIII and English Reformation -- Peaceful extremists? : the Anabaptist heirs of the Medieval Sects -- Calvin and his heirs : the Reformed churches -- The Counter-Reformation -- Church and state again : new political dimensions of the idea of order -- Bible questions continue.
Conclusion -- Handlist of Reformation concerns and their history.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-514) and indexes.

Setting the scene : the "fair field of folk".

Part 1. Bible and church : the questions begin.
The idea of church --
The idea of faith --
Where was the Bible? --
Becoming and remaining a member of the church --
Penance and the recurring problem of sin --
The Eucharist and the idea of sacraments --
Organization, making decisions and keeping together --
The church and the state.

Part 2. Continuity and change in the Middle Ages.
Monastic life, monastic education and awakening social concerns --
The beginning of academic theology and the invention of universities --
The evangelical urge and the wandering preachers --
Religious experiments by the laity --
Rebels, repression and the stirrings of reform..

Part 3. Continuity and change from the Reformation.
Renaissance --
Luther and his heirs : the moderate reformers --
Henry VIII and English Reformation --
Peaceful extremists? : the Anabaptist heirs of the Medieval Sects --
Calvin and his heirs : the Reformed churches --
The Counter-Reformation --
Church and state again : new political dimensions of the idea of order --
Bible questions continue.

Conclusion --
Handlist of Reformation concerns and their history.

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