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Author Christman, Robert J
Title Doctrinal Controversy and Lay Religiosity in Late Reformation Germany : The Case of Mansfeld
Imprint Leiden : BRILL, 2011
©2012
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Edition 1st ed
Descript 1 online resource (314 pages)
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Series Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions Ser. ; v.157
Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions Ser
Note Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction Doctrinal Controversy As a Window onto Lay Religiosity -- Chapter One A Portrait of Mansfeld in the Sixteenth Century -- Chapter Two Competing Views of Original Sin and Associated Arguments and Meanings -- Chapter Three The Pastors and Their Parishioners -- Chapter Four The Counts and the Controversy -- Chapter Five The "Heretics" of Mansfeld -- Chapter Six Extra-Doctrinal Forces Affecting the Laity -- Chapter Seven Lay Understandings of Original Sin and Lutheran Theology -- Chapter Eight Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Using evidence generated by the Flacian controversy over original sin as it transpired in the German territory of Mansfeld, this study demonstrates that by the late sixteenth century, much of the laity there had developed a complex understanding of Lutheran doctrine
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Link Print version: Christman, Robert J. Doctrinal Controversy and Lay Religiosity in Late Reformation Germany : The Case of Mansfeld Leiden : BRILL,c2011 9789004215658
Subject Mansfeld (Halle, Germany) - Church history - 16th century
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