Consciences and the reformation : scruples over oaths and confessions in the era of Calvin and his contemporaries /
This text explores how John Calvin and his Reformed colleagues were forced to adjust their theories and expectations concerning oaths and the conscience in their encounter with the practical problem of how the sphere of private judgment (i.e., the conscience) should relate to the demands of civil an...
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- Englisch
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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This text explores how John Calvin and his Reformed colleagues were forced to adjust their theories and expectations concerning oaths and the conscience in their encounter with the practical problem of how the sphere of private judgment (i.e., the conscience) should relate to the demands of civil and church leaders for confessional uniformity in the service of public reform.
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- 1 online resource (281 pages)
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- Also issued in print: 2023.
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- Specialized.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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0-19-769217-6
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Print version: Consciences and the Reformation
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