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Luther's Universal Priesthood Is, In Part, A Political Doctrine That Constitutes A Revolutionary Strain In Luther's Thinking--a Strain That Can Only Be Described As Radical. Luther's Political Understanding Of The Universal Priesthood Posed A Challenge To The Concrete Structures Of His Day, Which Were Built Upon A Cosmological Foundation That Came Under Attack As A Result Of The Protestant Reformation. Thus, Luther's Universal Priesthood Was Not Simply Another Evangelical Concept That Dealt With The Office Of Ministry. It Also Served As The Means For Reordering The Concept Of Temporal Authority And The Temporal Order. Understood In This Way, The Universal Priesthood Had A Political Dimension That Must Be Acknowledged If It Is To Be Fully Understood. Introduction -- Historiographical Assumptions -- Biographical Appraisales Of The Political Dimensions Of Luther's Universal Priesthood -- A Consideration Of Luther's Body Of Work On The Topic Of The Universal Priesthood -- The Social And Political Context Of Papal Claims Of Temporal Authority -- Luther's Response To Claims Of Papal Authority In To The Christian Nobility Of The German Nation -- Conclusions And Trajectories For Further St

Author

Nathan Montover

Publisher

Pickwick Publications; Wipf & Stock

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781498258692

Subjects

History, Religion, Christian