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082 0 0 _a270.6/PAY
998 _bEW
100 1 _aPayton, James R.,
_cJr,
_d1947-
245 1 0 _aGetting the Reformation wrong :
_bcorrecting some misunderstandings /
_cJames R. Payton, Jr.
260 _aDowners Grove, IL :
_bIVP Academic,
_cc2010.
300 _a272 p. ;
_bpbk ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 0 _tThe medieval call for reform -- The Renaissance : friend or foe? -- Carried along by misunderstandings -- Conflict among the reformers -- What the reformers meant by sola fide -- What the reformers meant by sola Scriptura -- How the Anabaptists fit in -- Reformation in Rome -- Changing direction : from the Reformation to Protestant scholasticism -- Was the Reformation a success? -- Is the Reformation a norm? -- The Reformation as triumph and tragedy.
520 _aMost students of history know that Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the Wittenberg Church door and that John Calvin penned the Institutes of the Christian Religion. However, the Reformation did not unfold in the straightforward, monolithic fashion some may think. It was, in fact, quite a messy affair. Using the most current Reformation scholarship, James R. Payton exposes, challenges and corrects some common misrepresentations of the Reformation. --from publisher description
650 0 _aReformation.
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