Calvin and the Independence of the Church
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Over the last decades, elements of Calvin's ecclesiology have received their share of critical attention. Herman Speelman's work, however, remains the only monograph-length study that offers a new, comprehensive perspective on Calvin's ecclesiological ideal...
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Over the last decades, elements of Calvin's ecclesiology have received their share of critical attention. Herman Speelman's work, however, remains the only monograph-length study that offers a new, comprehensive perspective on Calvin's ecclesiological ideal in terms of the church's relationship to the government. Different from what many have argued, this ideal did not lie in a vision of the church as completely independent of the government or that had its own power of excommunication. Instead, Calvin advocated a very modest form of ecclesiastical independence, from which later Calvinists would diverge. Calvin's ideas and those of his followers about the independence of the church differ in some important respects, so that in the second half of the sixteenth century two Calvinist views of the church had emerged.
A new, comprehensive perspective on Calvin's ecclesiological ideal in terms of the church's relationship to the government.
A new, comprehensive perspective on Calvin's ecclesiological ideal in terms of the church's relationship to the government.
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Herman Speelman deals with a central question in the intellectual history of the sixteenth century: to what extent can Calvin be regarded as responsible for the tendency in Calvinism or, broader, in Reformed Protestantism, to form a church which has its own ecclesiastical organization and office bearers? So far, claiming a great deal of independence for the church has been considered an important aspect of Calvin's legacy. In this line of reasoning, it is assumed that Calvin was a strong opponent of the church as a state organization that did not have its own governing body and power of excommunication.To better understand this issue, we first examine the position of the church within the city-state of Bern. Secondly, we direct our attention to the manner in which Calvin gave form to ecclesiastical life in Geneva. Next we deal with the church in France, and finally, we examine the influence of Calvin and French Calvinism on the organization of the Reformed church in The Netherlands in the 1570s.
Autoren-Porträt von Herman A. Speelman
Dr. Herman A. Speelman is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Early Modern Reformed Theology at the Theological University of Kampen, the Netherlands.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Herman A. Speelman
- 2014, 291 Seiten, Masse: 16,2 x 23,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- ISBN-10: 352557021X
- ISBN-13: 9783525570210
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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