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ISBN10: 019926578X, ISBN13: 9780199265787, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. The Early Reformation on the Continent offers a fresh look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. Taking into account recent work on Erasmus and Luther, Owen Chadwick handles these and numerous other figures and with sensitivity and understanding. Emphasis on the context provides a balanced view of the raison d'etre for the changes which the reforming communities sought tointroduce and the difficulties and disagreements concerning these. The structure of the book is distinctively original. Rather than following a conventional chronological progression, Owen Chadwick takes a much broader perspectiveand arranges his material thematically. Whatever the topic - the Bible, clerical celibacy, moral questions of adultery and divorce, purgatory, hymns, excommunication, the role of the State in worship and pastoral activity, education, the Eucharist - the reader is taken back to its origins and development through the history of the western Church and given an authoritative, accessible, and informative account. The Early Reformation on the Continent offers a look at the formative years of the European Reformation and the origins of Protestant faith and practice. Owen Chadwick looks at the raison d'etre for the changes which the reforming communities sought to introduce and the difficulties and ...
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ISBN10: 019926578X, ISBN13: 9780199265787, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780199265787
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 019926578X, ISBN13: 9780199265787, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780199265787
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]