Building Bridges: Luther, the Lord's Supper and the Ethiopian Church
Luther and other Reformers, especially Zwingli, had passionate disagreements over the theology of the Lord's Supper. Surprisingly, Luther seemed to have more in common on this topic with an Ethiopian Christian who visited him in 1534. This article places that interaction in its historical conte...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Periodicals
2022
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Evangelical review of theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 266-277 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
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Christians
B FAITH (Christianity) B Protestants B Lord's Supper B Christianity B Reformation B Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 B Reformers |
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| Summary: | Luther and other Reformers, especially Zwingli, had passionate disagreements over the theology of the Lord's Supper. Surprisingly, Luther seemed to have more in common on this topic with an Ethiopian Christian who visited him in 1534. This article places that interaction in its historical context, suggesting that Ethiopian Christianity in that time period had significant theological similarities with and may even have influenced the European Reformation. |
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| ISSN: | 0144-8153 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelical review of theology
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