The reformation of the keys : confession, conscience, and authority in sixteenth-century Germany

The reformation of the keys : confession, conscience, and authority in sixteenth-century Germany / Ronald K. Rittgers.

The Catholic Church's claims to spiritual and temporal authority rest on Jesus' promise in the gospels to give Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven. In the sixteenth century, leaders of the German Reformation sought a fundamental transformation of this "power of the keys" as p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rittgers, Ronald K., 1965-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
1500-1599
Reformation > Germany.
Power of the keys > History of doctrines > 16th century.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ecclesiology.
RELIGION > History.
Reformation
Reformatie.
Lutheranisme.
Biecht.
Sleutelmacht.
Germany
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Allegiance to the Regnum
  • 2 Between Hope and Fear
  • 3 The Assault on the Keys
  • 4 Tentative Beginnings
  • 5 An Evangelical Dilemma
  • 6 The New Rite
  • 7 Resisting the Old Jurisdiction
  • 8 Confession Established
  • 9 Propaganda and Practice
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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