The European Reformation /

Cameron, Euan

The European Reformation / Euan Cameron. - Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, c1991. - xiv, 564 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [428]-536) and index.

The religion of the people of Europe -- The vulnerability of the church -- 'Reform' from within and its limits -- Challenges from outside and their limits -- Heresy : an alternative church? -- The church and the Christian soul -- The 'Luther-affair' and its context -- The reformers' message : salvation -- The reformers' message : Scripture -- The reformers' message : the church -- The reformers' message : sacraments -- The conversions of the reformers -- Rejections of reform -- Unsuccessful 'affiliations' to the Reformed cause -- Self-governing towns and cities -- Principalities and kingdoms -- Motives for establishing the Reformation? -- The sects reject the 'Coalition' -- Crisis, survival, and compromise in politics -- Reformers at odds : the 'Confessional' Reformation -- Reformers and laymen : a conflict of priorities.

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