Indulgences: a history of theology and reality of indulgences and purgatory, a Protestant evaluation

This history of indulgences and purgatory has established itself as a standard summary of the history of the theological development in stages leading to the full orbed view of the 15th century and a praxis that led to split the church. The author follows the further history through the centuries th...

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1. Verfasser: Schirrmacher, Thomas 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Eugene, OR Wipf & Stock 2014
Ausgabe:2nd, corrected edition
Schriftenreihe:Geschichte, Kirchengeschichte, Reformation 24
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Zusammenfassung:This history of indulgences and purgatory has established itself as a standard summary of the history of the theological development in stages leading to the full orbed view of the 15th century and a praxis that led to split the church. The author follows the further history through the centuries through to the major changes made after the Second Vatican Council. Even though the last chapter of the book contains a detailed Protestant and Orthodox criticism of the dogmatic foundations of indulgences, the book is seen as a fair contribution by many reviewers and has earned the approval of Catholic theologians, who regrat that the planned abolition of indulgences by the Second Vatican Council did not take place
Beschreibung:Interacting with Roman Catholic teaching -- Introduction -- The history of indulgences and their theology from the time of their inception in the Middle Ages until the Reformation -- The history of indulgences and their theology from the Reformation until the Second Vatican Council -- The reform of the theology of indulgences prior to the Second Vatican Council and its failure during the council and into the present -- The dogmatic debate : questions and biblical justification -- Appendix : the development of the papacy and the final disempowerment of the council -- Important literature regarding indulgences
Beschreibung:160 pages 22 cm