Deus Est Caritas: The Voice of Gabriele Biondo on Personal Justification and Church Reform
The book examines the life and the writings of Gabriele Biondo, a secular priest who lived in the little town of Modigliana between the second half of the fifteenth century and the first decades of the sixteenth century. Through a careful examination of his writings and the sources he used, this boo...
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Religious Crisis and the Debate between Divine Love and Justice
- 2. The Life and the Works of Gabriele Biondo
- 3. Philology, Auctoritates, and Source
- 4. Falling out of Love with God: A Spiral Descent into Self-Annihilation
- 5. The Grace of God: The Path of Divine Justification and Personal Redemption through Obedience and Spogliamento
- 6. Extra ecclesiam nulla salus: Salvation within the Ecclesiastical Sphere
- 7. Conclusions
- Bibliography