Counsel and conscience : : Lutheran casuistry and moral reasoning after the reformation / / Benjamin T.G. Mayes.
Hauptbeschreibung In Lutheran Germany of the post-Reformation era (ca. 1580-1750), a genre of pastoral, ethical writings arose that consisted in casuistry and in topically or thematically related theological counsels. In this first volume of the new Refo500 series Mayes shows that this casuistry lit...
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| Superior document: | Refo500 academic studies ; v. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Refo500 academic studies ;
v. 1. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Hauptbeschreibung In Lutheran Germany of the post-Reformation era (ca. 1580-1750), a genre of pastoral, ethical writings arose that consisted in casuistry and in topically or thematically related theological counsels. In this first volume of the new Refo500 series Mayes shows that this casuistry literature was intended to instruct and comfort the consciences of Christians. Lutheran casuistry, related to but also distinct from Roman Catholic and Reformed counterparts, arose especially as pastors looked within Holy Scripture, the medieval tradition, and the writings of Martin Luther a |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3666550274 1280989998 9786613761606 3647550272 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Benjamin T.G. Mayes. |