Peace, order, and the glory of God : : secular authority and the church in the thought of Luther and Melanchthon, 1518-1559 /

Peace, order, and the glory of God : : secular authority and the church in the thought of Luther and Melanchthon, 1518-1559 / / by James M. Estes.

This volume is the first attempt to bring together in a comparative study all the evidence concerning the development of the ideas of Luther and Melanchthon on the cura religionis of secular magistrates. Besides yielding a more complete historical narrative than has hitherto been available, this app...

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Superior document:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; 111
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Estes, James Martin, 1934-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; 111.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Emergency Help From Christian Brothers: Luther on Secular Authority and the Church From 1518 Through 1528
  • 2. Peace, Order, and Good Government: Melanchthon On Secular Authority and the Church From 1519 Through 1529
  • 3. Anabaptists, Epicureans, and the Glory of God: the Emergence of Melanchthon's Mature Position, 1530-1535
  • 4. Irenic Catholics, Neutral Princes, and Godless Bishops: The Development of Melanchthon's Thought from the De officio principum to the Final Edition of the Loci5. Faithful Servants of God's Word: Luther on Secular Authority and the Church from 1530 Through 1545
  • Bibliography
  • Indices.

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