[PDF.88ly] 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

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 | #1933898 in Books |  2004-03-15 |  2003-12-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.46 x1.06 x6.56l,1.37 | File type: PDF | 330 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Keys to many doors|By PtrIoannis|The author was formerly of Yale University and now is Erich Markel Chair in German Reformation Studies at Valparaiso University in Indiana. His text addresses the little-known practice of private confession among Lutherans in the 16-th century. Discussion largely focuses on the city of Nuernberg as leading southern German city to embrace Luther'| |In an exceptionally fair-minded and scrupulous book, Ronald Rittgers charts a route through theological and social complexities with great clarity and subtlety. Lutherans experienced strong and conflicting emotions about confession, and Nuremberg makes a fine

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 part of their efforts to rid Church and society of alleged clerical abuses. Central to this transformation was a thoroughgoing reform of private confession.

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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Reformation of the Keys: Confession, Conscience, and Authority in Sixteenth-Century Germany   |  Ronald K. Rittgers. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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