German Calvinism in Crisis: The Heidelberg Conflict Over Church Discipline 1568-1571
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Document Type
Lecture
Series/Event
Lecture
Abstract
The "Second Reformation" of Reformed Protestantism in the Holy Roman Empire took a bold step forward with the Electoral Palatinate's publication of the Heidelberg Catechism in 1563. The productive collaboration among Calvinists, Zwinglians, and Melanchthonian Lutherans that the catechism represented proved short lived, however, as the Heidelberg intellectual community exploded in conflict over the question of church discipline and the church's relationship with a Christian sovereign. Ultimately a modified Calvinist conception of church discipline prevailed in the Palatinate, due both the persuasive abilities of the Heidelberg Calvinists and the fact that the " Anti-disciplinist" faction had become discredited when some of its leading members were revealed to be Antitrinitarians.
Publication Date
11-15-2007
Recommended Citation
Gunnoe, Charles, "German Calvinism in Crisis: The Heidelberg Conflict Over Church Discipline 1568-1571" (2007). Conferences and Lectures. 1131.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/hh_av_conferences/1131