Calvin and the independence of the church / / Herman A. Speelman.

• Superior document: Reformed historical theology ; volume 25
• Author: Speelman, Herman A.
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Reformed historical theology ; v. 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Herman Speelman deals with a central question in the intellectual history of the sixteenth century: to what extent can Calvin be regarded as responsible for the tendency in Calvinism or, broader, in Reformed Protestantism, to form a church which has its own ecclesiastical organization and office bearers? So far, claiming a great deal of independence for the church has been considered an important aspect of Calvin's legacy. In this line of reasoning, it is assumed that Calvin was a strong opponent of the church as a state organization that did not have its own governing body and power of excomm

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Foreword by Erik de Boer; Preface; Translator's Note; General Introduction; Chapter 1. The Church in Bern after 1528; 1. The Church in Bern after 1528; 2. The Church in Bern after 1532; Chapter 2. Calvin and the Independence of the Genevan Church 1536- 1538 and 1541; 1. The state of the church between 1536 and 1538; 2. The ecclesiastical situation late in 1541; Chapter 3. Calvin and the Independence of the French Calvinist Church from 1559 to early 1562; 1. The Formation of Local Churches; 2. The National Church; 3. Political Pressure

Chapter 4. "We were right to follow the Genevans": Calvin and the Church in the Netherlands 1572 -15781. Motive and background; 2. The Kerkelijke Wetten (1576) and the Acts of the Synod of 1578; 3. Responses to the synod of 1578; Chapter 5. Conclusion ; Abbreviations; Afterword; Literature; Sixteenth-century Names; Other Names; Geographical Terms ; Back Cover