Thomas Müntzer and John Knox: Radical and Magisterial Reformers?
A distinction is often made between magisterial and radical reformers in the early modern period, Luther and Thomas Müntzer being frequently taken as representatives of two quite different reformations, especially in regard to the understanding of Scripture and of the political realm. It can, howeve...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2017, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 529-545 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Müntzer, Thomas 1489-1525
/ Knox, John 1505-1572
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IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBB German language area KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church |
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Summary: | A distinction is often made between magisterial and radical reformers in the early modern period, Luther and Thomas Müntzer being frequently taken as representatives of two quite different reformations, especially in regard to the understanding of Scripture and of the political realm. It can, however, be argued that the Reformation as a whole was radical, and that it is misleading to characterise one aspect of it as mainstream, another peripheral. The comparison between Müntzer and the Scottish reformer, John Knox, appears to support the contention that the chasm between the two camps is not unbridgeable. |
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ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046916000634 |