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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. First Published 1986 at copyright. Dk. blue boards, silver spine titles, fine. Pages fine, some at front w/notation, accent. Dj slight wear; protected in clear sleeve. Rexamines the coming of the Protestant Reformation from the viewpoint of eight common people, who were sufficiently disturbed by the events of 1521-25 to write treatises, letters, dialogues, and sermons, which they published. Their works are lively testimony to the interest of laypeople in the affairs of the church, and their willingness to discuss often complex theological training. These works are among the first documents of lay theology and piety, but they are also propaganda: disappointed with the Catholic clergy and with secular authorities, the authors of these pamphlets were called to prophesy, preach, and convert their readers/listeners lest Christ return soon to find his church unprepared. They demanded a new apostolate for laypeople, something the clergy had feared for…
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Lay Theology in the Reformation: Popular Pamphleteers in Southwest Germany 1521-1525 Hardcover - 1986
by Paul a. Russell
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- Title Lay Theology in the Reformation: Popular Pamphleteers in Southwest Germany 1521-1525
- Author Paul a. Russell
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 302
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 1986
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521307277 / 0521307279
- Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 5.98 x 0.83 in (22.81 x 15.19 x 2.11 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Reformation - Germany - Pamphlets, Pamphleteers - Germany - History - 16th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 85011353
- Dewey Decimal Code 274.330
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