Expanding the Boundaries of Orthodoxy?: Friedrich Breckling and the 1687/90 German Edition of Hiel’s Works
The article argues for a re-assessment of the widespread assumption that Friedrich Breckling should be considered the editor of the 1687/90 German edition of the works of the sixteenth-century “Familist” author Hiel. After discussing the evidence which had seemed to point towards such a role for Bre...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-110 |
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Breckling, Friedrich 1629-1711
/ Arnold, Gottfried 1666-1714
/ Orthodoxy
B Jansen, Hendrik -1594 / Familists / Translation / German language / Breckling, Friedrich 1629-1711 / Fischer, Loth / Editor / History 1687-1690 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBB German language area KBD Benelux countries KDD Protestant Church RH Evangelization; Christian media |
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Orthodoxy
heresiology
pietism
Arnold
Breckling
Family of Love
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| Summary: | The article argues for a re-assessment of the widespread assumption that Friedrich Breckling should be considered the editor of the 1687/90 German edition of the works of the sixteenth-century “Familist” author Hiel. After discussing the evidence which had seemed to point towards such a role for Breckling, the article draws on unedited material to demonstrate that the Hiel edition should instead be ascribed to Loth Fischer. This sheds new light on the religious and intellectual attitudes of the heterodox Lutheran theologian Breckling. When compared to his contemporary Gottfried Arnold, Breckling not only questioned the contemporary boundaries of orthodoxy, but also re-negotiated them, integrating elements from older heterodox traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09801002 |