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The Penguin History of the Church: The Reformation: Reformation v. 3 (Hist of the Church)
Owen Chadwick
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Paperback. The beginning of the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. This title deals with the formative work of Erasmus, Luther, Zwingli and Calvin, and analyses the special circumstances of the English Reformation as well as the Jesuits and the Counter-Reformation. Num Pages: 464 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
The beginning the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church reform. What some believed to be abuses, others found acceptable. Nevertheless over the years three aims emerged: to reform the exactions of churchmen, to correct errors of doctrines and to improve the moral awareness of society. As a result, Western Europe divided into a Catholic South and Protestant North. Across the no man's land between them were fought the bitterest wars of religion in Christian historyThis third volume of `The Penguin History ... Read more
The beginning the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church reform. What some believed to be abuses, others found acceptable. Nevertheless over the years three aims emerged: to reform the exactions of churchmen, to correct errors of doctrines and to improve the moral awareness of society. As a result, Western Europe divided into a Catholic South and Protestant North. Across the no man's land between them were fought the bitterest wars of religion in Christian historyThis third volume of `The Penguin History ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140137576
SKU
V9780140137576
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About Owen Chadwick
Reverend Owen Chadwick is considered one of the foremost historians of church history. He is a former Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and was Vice-Chancellor of the university. He is also an ordained Anglican priest.
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