Gemeindeordnung und Kirchenzucht : Johannes a Lascos Kirchenordnung für London (1555) und die reformierte Konfessionsbildung / / von Judith Becker.

• Superior document: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 122
• Author: Becker, Judith, Dr.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: German; English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 122.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (607 p.)
• Notes: Revised version of author's thesis (doctoral--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2006).
• Other title: Vorläufige Material /; Einleitung /; Johannes A Lascos Ekklesiologie /; Kirchenordnung Und Kirchenzucht In Der Kirchengemeinde Emden, 1557–1600 /; Kirchenordnung Und Kirchenzucht In Der Niederländischen Fremdengemeinde London, 1560–1600 /; Kirchenordnung Und Kirchenzucht In Der Französischen Fremdengemeinde London, 1560–1600 /; Johannes A Lascos Ekklesiologische Konzeption Und Die Formierung Reformierter Gemeinden /; Quellen- Und Literaturverzeichnis /; Register /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-575) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1281926361; 9786611926366; 9047420659
• ISSN: 1573-4188
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Judith Becker.

This study describes the origins of early Reformed confessional development using the example of those congregations of religious refugees most heavily influenced by John Laski: the congregation at Emden and the Dutch and French Strangers’ Churches in London. At its center are questions about the congregation as the location of ecclesiology. The outlines of Laski’s theology--which viewed the congregation as the communion of the body of Christ--are described in comparison to the approaches of other Reformers and in relationship to daily reality in the second half of the sixteenth century. Working from a rich base of source materials, the author discusses the development of teachings on church offices and the practice of church discipline, thus illuminating the self-understanding of the three congregations. Becker shows how reciprocal influences and attempts to conform led to the unification of doctrine and community life within these congregations.