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Calvinism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 548-1648 : the churches and the faithful /

Calvinism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1548-1648 offers an in-depth history of the Reformed Churches in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in its first hundred years. Dr. Kazimierz Bem analyses church polity, liturgy, the practices of Calvinist church discipline and piety, and the reasons f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bem, Kazimierz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2020.
Colección:St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Name & Place Conventions
  • Timeline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • List of maps
  • PART I: The Commonwealth in the Age of Reformation
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2 The Land of Many Sects
  • PART II: The Reformed Churches
  • Chapter 3: Church polity
  • Chapter 4: The liturgy
  • Chapter 5: Church discipline
  • Chapter 6: The ministry
  • Chapter 7: Patterns of piety
  • PART III: The Reformed Faithful
  • Chapter 8: The nobles convert
  • Chapter 9: Few sheep are better than a herd of pigs
  • Chapter 10: Calvinists in royal towns
  • Chapter 11: Calvinist fishing in Lutheran waters
  • Chapter 12: Women & Calvinism
  • Chapter 13: The ambiguity of numbers
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography.