Calvinism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. / / by Kazimierz Bem.

• Superior document: St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
• VerfasserIn: Bem, Kazimierz,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Boston : : Brill,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"This book is a product of not just my own work and research, but also of all the kindness, support, and encouragement I received for over eight years since I first embarked on this task. Professor Bruce Gordon from Yale Divinity School deserves both the credit and the blame for suggesting to me that I write this book. His words of encouragement and critique throughout this process were much appreciated. He and Professor Brian Spinks deserve to be thanked for being my S.T.M thesis advisors when I first thought about writing about the Polish and Lithuanian Reformed"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Name & Place Conventions -- Timeline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth -- List of maps -- PART I: The Commonwealth in the Age of Reformation -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Land of Many Sects -- PART II: The Reformed Churches -- Chapter 3: Church polity -- Chapter 4: The liturgy -- Chapter 5: Church discipline -- Chapter 6: The ministry -- Chapter 7: Patterns of piety -- PART III: The Reformed Faithful -- Chapter 8: The nobles convert -- Chapter 9: Few sheep are better than a herd of pigs -- Chapter 10: Calvinists in royal towns -- Chapter 11: Calvinist fishing in Lutheran waters -- Chapter 12: Women & Calvinism -- Chapter 13: The ambiguity of numbers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.