Radical Reformation and Second Reformation in Holland: The Intellectual Consequences of the Sixteenth-Century Religious Upheaval and the Coming of a Rational World View
This paper examines an interesting example of the intellectual evolution of certain aspects of the religious thought of the sixteenth century Radical Reformation in seventeenth-century Holland. In so doing the paper shows how the three main branches of the Radical Reformation-Anabaptism, Spiritualis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1987
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1987, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-80 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines an interesting example of the intellectual evolution of certain aspects of the religious thought of the sixteenth century Radical Reformation in seventeenth-century Holland. In so doing the paper shows how the three main branches of the Radical Reformation-Anabaptism, Spiritualism, and Evangelical Rationalism-came together in the Collegiant movement in Holland after 1620 and became an integral part of what has been called the Second Reformation of the Seventeenth Century. This paper also illustrates the way in which the Collegiant movement became the center and focus of a highly significant development in the evolution of European religious and philosophical thought: the transformation of a millennarian and spiritualistic religious world view into an embryonic secular and rationalistic philosophy. The article thus maintains that one of the chief intellectual consequences of both the Radical Reformation and the Second Reformation was a sense of the failure of religious reform and the consequent development of a secular and rational conception of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540630 |