Peace, order and the glory of God
Subtitle: secular authority and the church in the thought of Luther and Melanchthon, 1518-1559
By: by James M. Estes.
Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions -- 111; Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions -- v. 111.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Luther, Martin, -- 1483-1546.; Melanchthon, Philipp, -- 1497-1560.; Authority -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Emergency help from Christian brothers: Luther on secular authority and the church from 1520 through 1528; value: Peace, order, and good government: Melanchthon on secular authority and the church from 1519 through 1529; value: Anabaptists, Epicureans, and the glory of God: the emergence of Melanchthon's mature position, 1530-1535; value: Irenic Catholics, neutral princes, and godless bishops: the development of Melanchthon's thought from the De officio principum to the final edition of the Loci, 1539-1559; value: Faithful servants of God's word: Luther on secular authority and the church from 1530 through 1545.