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The Reformation of the Keys
Confession, Conscience, and Authority in Sixteenth-Century Germany
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Ronald K. Rittgers
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English
Published/Copyright:
2004
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Unlike other Protestants, Lutherans chose not to abolish private confession but to change it to suit their theological convictions and social needs. Here, Rittgers traces the development of Lutheran private confession, demonstrating how it consistently balanced competing concerns for spiritual freedom and moral discipline.
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Rittgers has published a detailed account of the changing understanding and role of the office of the keys in Reformation Germany. He successfully weaves together political, theological, and social history as he illuminates a matter that is often overlooked by Lutheran historians and scholars…This significant contribution will be of considerable value to scholars who want to understand how this aspect of Lutheran theology was implemented in German churches.
-- J. K. Mann Choice
-- J. K. Mann Choice
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 case study of their divergent reactions. This is an original and important addition to scholarship.
-- Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews
-- Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews
A finely detailed survey of the disputes and controversies surrounding the introduction of an evangelical form of confession in sixteenth-century Nuremberg. There is, to my knowledge, no comparable treatment of the subject. Rittgers’s study is deeply researched. His writing is fluent, the argument easy to follow. Useful for Reformation scholars, this book also holds much for the general reader with a serious interest in the history of the Reformation.
-- Gerald Strauss, Emeritus, Indiana University
-- Gerald Strauss, Emeritus, Indiana University
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July 1, 2009
eBook ISBN:
9780674042797
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330
eBook ISBN:
9780674042797
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