Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority

Calvin, John

ISBN 10 : 0521349869 ISBN 13 : 9780521349864

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Book by Calvin John Luther Martin

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal 'magistral' Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However, neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvin's On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them. Luther's On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of the theology and political thinking of their authors.

Revue de presse :

'Dr Höpfl has provided his readers with an excellent translation of two seminal reformation texts realting to secular authroity ... It deserves to become a standard text for any concerned with sixteenth-century political thought.' Journal of Theological Studies

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521349869
• ISBN 13: 9780521349864
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 144