RT Book
T1 Fear God, honor the king: magisterial power and the church in the Reformation, circa 1470-1600
A1 Chibi, Andrew A. 1963-
LA English
PP Eugene, Oregon
PB Pickwick Publications
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1735741078
AB Introduction : Historical survey : How had the church gained such vast temporal authorities? -- Luther and "two governments" doctrines -- Zwingli, civil authority and the church to 1536 -- Civil authority and the sectarians -- Secular authority in the works of the second-generation reformers -- Civil authority and the church in Tudor England -- Conclusion : royal ecclesiastical authority in Catholic Europe.
AB From a medieval perspective, God had provided a church to shepherd believers toward salvation. It had a divine mission, a sacred history, a hierarchy of officers, and the intellectual support of respected thinkers. It provided a means for believers to interact with God. Believers also had to interact with neighbors, strangers, and their rulers. Fear God, Honor the King considers that sometimes surprisingly problematic issue. What is the correct relationship between the church, believers, and the ruling magisterial authority (whether alderman, mayors, or kings)? The thinkers of the Reformation era produced many answers. They explained in a variety of ways how the church related to, or fit in with, or was separate from, or was controlled by the temporal government of the realm, and they set into motion what became the determinant factors--social, political, economic, and philosophical--underpinning modern Western societies' determination to keep the church and the state in well-defined autonomous cubicles. The Reformers' rival ideas ushered in new philosophies (such as conciliarism and localism) as well as directly conflicting doctrines (such as Luther's two kingdoms or Bucer's co-terminus). This book examines, compares, and explains these new theories using the voices of the Reformers' themselves
NO Includes bibliography (p. 301-316) and indexes
CN BR305.3
SN 9781725256637
SN 1725256630
SN 9781725256644
SN 1725256649
K1 Reformation
K1 Church : History of doctrines : 16th century
K1 Christianity and culture : History : 16th century
K1 Church and state : History : 16th century
K1 Church and state
K1 History