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Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig was born in 1489 into a noble family in Silesia. He became an early convert to evangelical reform, initially a follower and supporter of Martin Luther's reforms. By 1526, Schwenckfeld's spiritualist understanding of the Lord's Supper provoked vehement rejection from Luther, a breach which would never be healed. By 1529, Schwenckfeld had left his homeland and remained a religious refugee for the rest of his life. He remained a stubbornly individual thinker and biblical exegete, and a prolific writer of letters and treatises. Caspar Schwenckfeld has been described as a "spiritualist" because of his conviction that saving faith entails the spiritual transformation of believers. However, he retained an intense interest in Scripture and the creedal traditions of the Church, which he believed confirmed his convictions. The representative doctrinal writings translated in this volume demonstrate how Caspar Schwenckfeld appropriated and interpreted the apostolic creedal tradition, and also how he read and interpreted Scripture. The earliest of the eight doctrinal writings translated here dates from 1529, the year of Schwenckfeld's exile from Silesia; the latest

Author

Caspar Schwenckfeld Edward J. Furcha

Publisher

Kitchener, Ont.: Pandora Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781894710640

Subjects

Philosophy, Religion, Christian

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Updated

2026-03-14