Luther's revolution : the political dimensions of Martin Luther's universal priesthood /

Luthers understanding of the universal priesthood of believers was not simply another evangelical concept that dealt only with the office of ministry. In serving as a means for reordering the concepts of temporal authority and the temporal order it challenged the cosmological foundations of the poli...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montover, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : James Clarke, 2012.
Subjects:
Luther, Martin, > 1483-1546.
Priesthood, Universal > Political aspects.
Sacerdoce universel > Aspect politique.
RELIGION > Christianity > Protestant.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historiographical assumptions
  • Biographical appraisales of the political dimensions of Luther's universal priesthood
  • A consideration of Luther's body of work on the topic of the universal priesthood
  • The social and political context of papal claims of temporal authority
  • Luther's response to claims of papal authority in "to the christian nobility of the German nation"
  • Conclusions and trajectories for further studies.

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