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Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority

  • Paperback
  • 144 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 13.8 x 21.4 x 0.8 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of Reformation history

Clarifies the tension between faith and secular power

You will gain insights into their theological differences

This book explores the complex views of Luther and Calvin on secular authority and governance.

Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal a --E magistrala -- Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However, neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvina -- s On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them. Luthera -- s On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of the theology and political thinking of their authors.
Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority and Luther's Works, Volume 72
Luther's Works, Volume 72Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority

  • Title

    Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority

  • Authors

    John Calvin +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    September 1991

  • Weight

    178g

  • Page Count

    144

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.4 x 0.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521349864

  • ISBN-10

    0521349869

  • Eden Code

    1151448

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