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Free Download Mads L. Jensen, "A Humanist in Reformation Politics: Philipp Melanchthon on Political Philosophy and Natural Law"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 900441200X | PDF | pages: 234 | 15.0 mb
This book is the first contextual account of the political philosophy and natural law theory of the German reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). Mads Langballe Jensen presents Melanchthon as a significant political thinker in his own right and an engaged scholar drawing on the intellectual arsenal of renaissance humanism to develop a new Protestant political philosophy. As such, he also shows how and why natural law theories first became integral to Protestant political thought in response to the political and religious conflicts of the Reformation. This study offers new, contextual studies of a wide range of Melanchthon’s works including his early humanist orations, commentaries on Aristotle’s ethics and politics, Melanchthon’s own textbooks on moral and political philosophy, and polemical works.

Free Download The Reformation of Faith in the Context of Late Medieval Theology and Piety: Essays by Berndt Hamm By Berndt Hamm, Robert James Bast, Robert James Bast
2004 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 9004131914 | PDF | 4 MB
This book comprises the first major collection of articles in English translation by University of Erlangen Professor Dr. Berndt Hamm, one of the most important and innovative scholars of the intellectual history of late-medieval and Reformation Germany. The articles herein trace the evolution of Christian theology and piety from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries, employing a variety of disciplines and interpretative models to chart transformations with extraordinary attention to historical context. Hamm’s intensive work with previously unknown sermon collections, devotional works, and pastoral care manuals from the later middle ages serves as the basis for a new appraisal of the lines of continuity and change between that era and the German Reformation.

Free Download Kenneth G Appold, "The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology"
English | ISBN: 1107044049 | 2023 | 700 pages | PDF | 9 MB
The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology explores the key developments in both Protestant and Catholic theology ca. 1475-1650. Exploring the various settings and schools in which theology was formulated and taught, and the social backgrounds of its exponents―including women and non-university-trained men, as well as writers both in and outside Europe―it establishes how the major denominations took their positions and participated in a broader discourse. The volume examines specific theological themes from different denominational perspectives, demonstrating how theology affected the lives of believers via pastoral theology, canon law, and spirituality, and how theological ideas were linked to politics, warfare, science, and the arts. Written by an international team of leading scholars in the field, this History expands the range of theological discourse by introducing new topics and spokespersons, as well as global and ecumenical perspectives. It will remain the definitive place to begin any further study of theology during this period for years to come.

Free Download The Age of Reformation: The Tudor and Stewart Realms 1485-1603
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032186224 | 351 Pages | PDF (True) | 9 MB
The book charts the new challenges and crises facing the English, Scottish, and Irish states in the early modern age as they contended with the spread of Protestantism and a powerful Tudor monarchy. Constructing a clear narrative of the events and actors of this era of reformations, both political and religious, the book provides an accessible entry point for studying a period of upheaval and transformation, synthesising key research and drawing unexpected connections. Each chapter of the third edition has been revised, with additions including expanded treatments of popular politics, the implementation of the Reformation in the parishes, and England’s global expansion and the Tudor roots of the ‘British empire’.

Free Download Lynda Telford, "Tudor Victims of the Reformation"
English | ISBN: 1473834031 | 2017 | 256 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This book describes a selection of people caught up in the turmoil that presaged the reformation – a period of change instigated by a king whose desire for a legitimate son was to brutally sweep aside an entire way of life.

Free Download Kenneth C. Carveley, "The Monastic Footprint in Post-Reformation Movements "
English | ISBN: 1032111445 | 2022 | 312 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 18 MB
This book examines the influence of the monastic tradition beyond the Reformation. Where the built monastic environment had been dissolved, desire for the spiritual benefits of monastic living still echoed within theological and spiritual writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a virtual exegetical template. The volume considers how the writings of monastic authors were appropriated in post-Reformation movements by those seeking a more fervent spiritual life, and how the concept of an internal cloister of monastic/ascetic spirituality influenced several Anglican writers during the Restoration. There is a careful examination of the monastic influence upon the Wesleys and the foundation and rise of Methodism. Drawing on a range of primary sources, the book will be of particular interest to scholars of monastic and Methodist history, and to those engaged in researching ecclesiology and in ecumenical dialogues.

Free Download The Industry of Evangelism : Printing for the Reformation in Martin Luther’s Wittenberg
by Drew B. Thomas
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9004462406 | 358 Pages | True PDF | 51 MB

Free Download Dr. Steven J. Reid, "Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland: Essays in Honour of Roger A. Mason "
English | ISBN: 1837651612 | 2024 | 312 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 5 MB

Free Download Michael W. Campbell, "Here We Stand: Luther, the Reformation, and Seventh-day Adventism"
English | ISBN: 081636334X | 2017 | 320 pages | EPUB | 1270 KB
Ellen G. White, quoting D Aubigne, wrote, Since your most serene majesty and your high mightinesses require from me a clear, simple, and precise answer, I will give you one, and it is this: I cannot submit my faith either to the pope or to the councils, because it is clear as the day that they have frequently erred and contradicted each other. Unless therefore I am convinced by the testimony of Scripture or by the clearest reasoning, unless I am persuaded by means of the passages I have quoted, and unless they thus render my conscience bound by the word of God, I cannot and I will not retract, for it is unsafe for a Christian to speak against his conscience. Here I stand, I can do no other; may God help me. Amen. The Great Controversy, 160; emphasis in original. Although separated in time by centuries, Seventh-day Adventists see themselves as heirs of the Protestant Reformation started by Martin Luther 500 years ago. This volume explores the various facets and contours of Luther and compares them with Seventh-day Adventism.