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LUTHER AND CALVIN ON SECULAR AUTHORITY
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| By: |
Martin Luther, John Calvin, Harro Hopfl |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£31.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521342082 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521342087 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 September, 1991 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Pages: |
142 |
| Translated from: |
Latin;Latin |
| Description: |
Luther and Calvin were the principal "magistral" reformers of the 16th century: they sought to enlist the co-operation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. These essays attempt to find a balance between obedience to the will of God and the need to maintain order in Church and polity. |
| Synopsis: |
Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal 'magistral' 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 Calvin'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. Luther'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. |
| Illustrations: |
index, glossary, chronology, bibliography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |