Title: The Reformation of the Keys
Description: This is a study of the role of Lutheran private confession in the German Reformation, which was part of a fundamental transformation to rid the Church and society of alleged clerical abuses and had profound implications for the use of religious authority in 16th-century Germany.
Subjects: Power of the keys, Sündenlehre, Einzelbeichte, Gewissen, Schlüsselgewalt, Sleutelmacht, Lutheranisme, 11.55 Protestantism, Reformatie, Reformation, Biecht, History of doctrines, Luthertum, Gewissensfreiheit, Germany, history, Lutheran church, history, Confession, Germany