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We Believe in God and in Christ Not in the Church

The Influence of Wessel Gansfort on Martin Bucer

  • Paperback
  • 270 pages
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.1 cm

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For theologians and history enthusiasts exploring Reformation

Clarifies the influence of medieval thought on Reformation

You will understand key theological shifts in church history

This insightful book explores the theological influence of Wessel Gansfort on Martin Bucer.

This English translation from the Dutch volume is a study of a quotation by St. Augustine as it was understood in the late medieval period. Marijn de Kroon focuses on how this quotation was interpreted by two theologians: Wessel Gansfort, the Northern humanist and theologian connected to the "Devotio moderna" and the Brethren of the Common Life, and Martin Bucer, the Protestant reformer who further developed Gansfort's ideas. This study is accompanied by a series of shorter texts, all showing the reception of Augustine's phrase in late medieval theology and contrasting it with Gansfort's understanding of it, which Bucer was to adopt. With his commented edition of sourcetexts, de Kroon throws a new light on the links between late medieval and Reformation thought, demonstrating how a fully fledged reformer like Bucer used the works of medieval theologians. In fact, this is the first work to point to a concrete case of Gansfort's influence on the Reformation.
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  • Title

    We Believe in God and in Christ Not in the Church

  • Author

    M. De Kroon

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Westminster John Knox

  • Published

    June 2009

  • Weight

    196g

  • Page Count

    270

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780664232931

  • ISBN-10

    0664232930

  • Eden Code

    2641633

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