The Italian Reformation and Juan de Valdes
The essay offers an interpretation of the Italian Reformation that attempts to encompass the manifold autonomous and creative traits which prevent it from being considered as a mere failed extension of the Protestant Reformation. To properly evaluate the Italian movement's distinctive doctrinal...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1996
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1996, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 353-364 |
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| Summary: | The essay offers an interpretation of the Italian Reformation that attempts to encompass the manifold autonomous and creative traits which prevent it from being considered as a mere failed extension of the Protestant Reformation. To properly evaluate the Italian movement's distinctive doctrinal and social characteristics, its penetration to the highest reaches of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, its success in the cities of the peninsula, as well as the underlying intellectual premises exported abroad by its radicals, the "eretici," it is essential to consider the decisive role in these developments played by the theology of Juan de Valdes, who found refuge in Italy in 1531, after he had been condemned by the Spanish Inquisition. Italian Valdesianism, the heir of a complex religious tradition in which Erasmianism, alumbradismo, and Lutheranism come together in a subtle doctrinal synthesis, constitutes, also through the northern emigration of certain of its adherents, a fundamental element for understanding the religious crisis of the sixteenth century. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2544138 |