Parents, Authorities, and Disobedience in Sixteenth-Century Lutheran Sermons
The Lutheran Reformation is often portrayed as being slavishly obedient to secular rulers. This article examines printed Lutheran postil sermons on the Fourth Commandment, which was the Lutheran justification for obedience to secular rulers, between the momentous years 1530 and 1580. Postil sermons...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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The Johns Hopkins University Press
[2019]
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Lutheran quarterly
Année: 2019, Volume: 33, Numéro: 4, Pages: 386-398 |
| Classifications IxTheo: | CG Christianisme et politique KAG Réforme; humanisme; Renaissance KDD Église protestante NCB Éthique individuelle |
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| Résumé: | The Lutheran Reformation is often portrayed as being slavishly obedient to secular rulers. This article examines printed Lutheran postil sermons on the Fourth Commandment, which was the Lutheran justification for obedience to secular rulers, between the momentous years 1530 and 1580. Postil sermons were model sermons intended to guide pastors in their creation of sermons and were also often read outright both in Lutheran pulpits and during worship services in the home. This article shows that these sermons universally commanded a conditional obedience to rulers and many even demanded disobedience in certain situations. Furthermore, obedience to rulers was a secondary matter after obedience to parents. Rulers were parents' helpers, not vice versa. |
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| ISSN: | 2470-5616 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Lutheran quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/lut.2019.0078 |