The European Reformation

Abstract

Introduction: The Reformation and Europe. Part I. The Background: The religion of the people of Europe the vulnerability of the church Reform from within and its limits Challenges from outside and their limits Heresy - an alternative church? The church and the Christian soul Part II. The Reformers and their Message: The Luther-Affair and its context The reformers message - salvation The reformers' message - scripture The reformers' - The church The reformers' message - sacraments The conversions of the reformers Rejections of reform Part III. Establishing the Reformed Churches: Unsuccessful affiliations to the reformed cause Self-governing towns and cities Principalities and kingdoms Motives for establishing the reformation? Part IV. The Coalition of Reformers and People Breaks Down: The sects reject the coalition Crisis, survival, and compromise in politics Reformers at odds: the confessional reformational Reformers and laymen: a conflict of priorities.

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