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Karlstadt and the Origins of the Eucharistic Controversy

A Study of the Circulation of Ideas

by Amy Nelson Burnett (professor Of History, Professor Of History, University Of Nebraska-lincoln)

  • Hardback
  • 252 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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The debate over the Lord's Supper had momentous consequences for the Reformation, causing the division of the evangelical movement, influencing the formation of political alliances, and contributing to cultural differences among the Protestant territories of Germany and Switzerland. Karlstadt and the Origins of the Eucharistic Controversy is the first full-length study of the beginning of that debate. Going beyond the traditional focus on Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, it emphasizes the diversity of the "sacramentarian" challenge to traditional belief in Christ's corporeal presence and re-evaluates the significance of Luther's colleague, Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt, to the debate. The book describes Luther's earliest criticisms of the mass and the efforts in Wittenberg to reform liturgical praxis to correspond with his ideas. It then looks at pamphlets written by other reformers to show how Luther's understanding of the sacrament was adapted and modified outside of Wittenberg. It shows how Karlstadt's eucharistic pamphlets introduced into the public debate several arguments that would become standard Reformed criticisms of the Lutheran position.The book also demonstrates the influence not only of Erasmus but also of John Wyclif and the Hussites for discussions of the sacrament, highlights the role of the reformers of Basel and Strasbourg for developing the "Zwinglian" understanding of the Lord's Supper, and draws attention to the early eucharistic theology of the Silesians Kaspar Schwenckfeld and Valentin Krautwald. The book will become an indispensable guide for readers seeking to understand the issues surrounding the outbreak of the eucharistic controversy in the sixteenth century.
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Debating the Sacraments: Print and Authority in the Early ReformationKarlstadt and the Origins of the Eucharistic Controversy

  • Author

    Amy Nelson Burnett (professor Of History, Professor Of History, University Of Nebraska-lincoln)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    May 2011

  • Weight

    568g

  • Page Count

    252

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199753994

  • ISBN-10

    0199753997

  • Eden Code

    4024342

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