The essay form that Aers has chosen for his book contributes to the effectiveness of the argument he develops in tandem with the structure of Langland’s poem: he sustains and tests his argument in a series of steps or “passus,” a Langlandian mode of proceeding. His essay unfolds an argument about medieval and early modern forms of Constantinian Christianity and reformation, and the way in which Langland's own vision of a secularizing, de-Christianizing late medieval church draws him toward the idea of a church of “fools,” beyond papacy, priesthood, hierarchy, and institutions. For Aers, Langland opens up serious diachronic issues concerning Christianity and culture. His essay includes a brief summary of the poem and modern translations alongside the original medieval English. It will challenge specialists on Langland's poem and supply valuable resources of thought for anyone who continues to struggle with the church of today.
Presents a sustained close reading of the final version of William Langland's Piers Plowman, the most searching Christian poem of the Middle Ages in English.
Schweizer comments that the Church is presented in the Pastorals as a body that attracts ideas of social order, especially of the house and family. 'It lives in a historical tradition' (Schweizer 1961: 81). Even in Ephesians we have the ...
What was the early Christian church like? What brought on the changes through the centuries? Ben Blank, the author of this book, found many interesting topics while searching for the roots of the Christian church.
These were people whose existence did not literally depend upon charity but who belonged to the urban population with the ... persons who through various circumstances beyond their control had been thrust into conditions of poverty .
This book unearths the active Jewish participation in early modern society, traces the impact of the Reformation on local Jews, discusses the meaning of tolerance, and describes the shifting boundaries that divided Jewish and Christian ...
And a mass-murderer in a burnt out tower block who kills without touching his victims. Step into the path of darkness, meet those so wicked their souls should be evicted, in Beyond Reform! WARNING: This book contains graphic content.
These pastoral writings extended his criticisms of the church beyond indulgences to the practices of confession, prayer, clerical celibacy, the sacraments, suffering, and death.
John V. Fesko, therefore, goes beyond Calvin and explores union with Christ and justification in the Reformation, Early Orthodox, and High Orthodox periods of the Reformed tradition and covers lesser known but equally important figures such ...
' This book captures the voices of seasoned Reformed pastors graciously guiding and encouraging Christ's beloved sheep to press on and to seek the 'old paths, where the good way is' (Jer. 6:16).
The essays in this volume by an international group of scholars begin with a contextual discussion of Luther's definitive contribution to the Wittenberg Reformation and its significance for us today.