Thomas Erastus and the Palatinate A Renaissance Physician in the Second Reformation

Utilizing Erastus's correspondence, this book offers a synthetic treatment of Erastus's career in the Palatinate including his role in the territory's conversion, the Heidelberg Catechism, the church discipline controversy, as well as his refutation of Paracelsus and Johann Weyer. Rea...

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Main Author: Gunnoe, Charles D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brill 2010
Series:Brill's Series in Church History
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Summary:Utilizing Erastus's correspondence, this book offers a synthetic treatment of Erastus's career in the Palatinate including his role in the territory's conversion, the Heidelberg Catechism, the church discipline controversy, as well as his refutation of Paracelsus and Johann Weyer. Readership: All those interested in intellectual history, Reformed Protestantism, Calvinism, the Second Reformation, the Heidelberg Catechism, church discipline, church and state in early modern Europe, Erastianism, Paracelsianism, Renaissance medicine, demonology, and witchcraft.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (544 p.)
ISBN:ej.9789004187924.i-526