Confessionalization and Popular Preaching: Sermons against Synergism in Reformation Saxony
Confessionalization is a major concept for study of the German Reformation. The urgent objectives of confessionalization caused reformers to utilize various media, but the most obvious way to reach a mainly oral culture was through preaching. The impact of preaching upon individual hearers was often...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1997
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1997, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 1143-1166 |
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| Summary: | Confessionalization is a major concept for study of the German Reformation. The urgent objectives of confessionalization caused reformers to utilize various media, but the most obvious way to reach a mainly oral culture was through preaching. The impact of preaching upon individual hearers was often negligible, but sermons, for all their limitations, were still the best available device for forging corporate confessional identity and for creating doctrinal uniformity. This study investigates how arguments disputed within the synergistic controversy were passed from leading Gnesio-Lutheran preachers through postils and other published sermons to parish pastors for their own sermon preparation. The cure of souls and orthodox teaching were the dual driving forces for sermon writers. Parishioners were regularly informed about the intricate details of doctrinal orthodoxy, but sermons indicate that preserving theological principles was never an end in itself. Hearers' spiritual interests also seemed very much at stake. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2543572 |