Transregional Reformation: Synods and Consensus in the Early Reformed Churches

This article will explore what might be called the transregional scope and outreach of early modern Reformed synods in a theological as well as ecclesial sense, examining some very few but important moments between the sixteenth and seventeenth century that marked a turning point in the history of t...

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Main Author: Foresta, Patrizio 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2015
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 189-203
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBA Western Europe
KCC Councils
KDD Protestant Church
Further subjects:B Synods
B Reformed Churches
B Consensus
B transregionality
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Summary:This article will explore what might be called the transregional scope and outreach of early modern Reformed synods in a theological as well as ecclesial sense, examining some very few but important moments between the sixteenth and seventeenth century that marked a turning point in the history of the European Reformed Churches and show some particular aspects of the constitutive link between synods and consensus. A transregional level implies a methodological shift towards a more complex and many-sided view of synods, according to which a supposedly unyielding and confessionally adamant institution was affected by the social, geographical, cultural, theological and political stratifications within a wide range of mediating factors and conditions: different local Churches were linked together and crossed the political and ecclesiastical borders through the channels along which persons and ideas passed from region to region, thus creating a mutual exchange through which political, institutional and theological communication took place.
ISSN:2196-6656
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2015-0010