Georg Major as controversialist: polemics in the late Reformation
Georg Major was a reluctant controversialist. External events and his own theological concerns forced him into a controversy which he loathed but to which he gave his name, the “Majoristic controversy.” That controversy forced Luther's heirs to refine their definition of the relationship betwee...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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1976
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Church history
Year: 1976, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 455-468 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maior, Georg 1502-1574
/ Controversial theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
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| Summary: | Georg Major was a reluctant controversialist. External events and his own theological concerns forced him into a controversy which he loathed but to which he gave his name, the “Majoristic controversy.” That controversy forced Luther's heirs to refine their definition of the relationship between faith and works, but it also wracked and plagued Georg Major's life for a quarter of a century in spite of his efforts to work his way out of the dispute. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | In: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3164348 |