The "Consensus Tigurinus" and the Göppingen eucharistic confession: continuing instabilities in Geneva's relationship with Zurich and the Lutheran world
The Zurich Agreement of 1549 between Calvin and Bullinger (the Consensus Tigurinus) aspired to bring eucharistic teaching in the churches of Zurich and Geneva into harmony. However, while on a diplomatic mission in 1557 to secure the intercession of political leaders in favour of the Waldensian comm...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2016, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-84 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBA Western Europe KDD Protestant Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
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| Summary: | The Zurich Agreement of 1549 between Calvin and Bullinger (the Consensus Tigurinus) aspired to bring eucharistic teaching in the churches of Zurich and Geneva into harmony. However, while on a diplomatic mission in 1557 to secure the intercession of political leaders in favour of the Waldensian communities under threat from the king of France, Theodore Beza wrote a eucharistic confession which differed radically from the 1549 text; his hope was to persuade South German Lutherans that the Waldenses were closer to Lutheran eucharistic doctrine than the Germans thought. The fallout from this incident, copiously documented in the reformers’ letters, provokes in this study some interesting speculations about the differing priorities of Zurich and Geneva on the issue, 8 years after the Consensus |
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| ISSN: | 1462-2459 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2016.1157349 |