Reforming Mary
Subtitle: Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: February 19, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780195166545
Subjects: Christian theology; Lutheran Churches; Christian Theology - History; Christianity - Lutheran; Sermons - Christian; History; Reformation; Religion / Christianity / Theology / History; Religion / Lutheran; Religion-Christianity - Lutheran; Religion-Sermons - Christian; Religion; Religion - Theology; Blessed Virgin, Saint; History and criticism; Lutheran Church; Mary,; Sermons; Sermons, German; Sermons, Latin
First sentence: "And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.
Description: Catholics and Protestants have, since the start of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. Beth Kreitzner here examines the development of Lutheran views on the subject as expressed in published 16th century sermons, including some written by Luther himself.