Problems of Authority in the Reformation Debates
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521892469
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; c 1500 to c 1600; Modern - 17th Century; History: World; History; History - General History; Europe; Europe - General; Renaissance; Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity--H; Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--16th century; History / Europe / General; History-Modern - 17th Century; History-Renaissance; Religion / History
First sentence: It was Luther's contention that the Church could play a part in the salvation of the individual only through her ministry of the Word, and that the ministry of the sacraments stood under that ministry and was salvific only by the power of the Word.