Calvin’s Concept of the Church as mater fidelium (Mother of Believers), Viewed through His Concept of Accommodation
Is the church distinctive from us or are we ourselves the church? Unlike many protestant believers who understand the church as assembly of believers, Calvin defines the church as mater fidelium (mother of believers), just as the Catechism of Catholic Church describes, following Cyprian. To review i...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of reformed theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-201 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church NBN Ecclesiology |
Further subjects: | B
Accommodation
Augustine
Calvin
church
Cyprian
mater fidelium
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