Reforming Mary Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century

Name: Reforming Mary Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century
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ISBN: 9780195166545

ISBN-10: 019516654X

ISBN-13: 9780195166545

Edition: 2003

Authors: Beth Kreitzer

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Catholics and Protestants have, since the earliest days of the Reformation, held markedly different views about the Virgin Mary. In Reforming Mary Beth Kreitzer examines the development of Lutheran views on this subject as expressed in 16th-century Lutheran published sermons, starting with the earliest of Luther's own Reformation sermons. She shows that from the beginning Lutherans rejected much of the theology and piety that surrounded Mary in Catholicism, especially her status as heavenly queen and intercessor with Christ. They affirmed those orthodox teachings about Mary that related to Christ (the Virgin's role as Theotokos, the virgin birth) and by extension Mary's purity, or perpetual…

Book details

List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/18/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Beth Kreitzer (PhD, Duke University) is coordinator of liberal studies at Belmont Abbey College. She is the author of Reforming Mary: Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century and several professional articles on religious subjects



List of Abbreviations


Reforming Mary


Introduction



The Annunciation



The Visitation



The Purification of Mary, or Candlemas



Mary in Luke 2: 41-52 a Family Visit to Jerusalem



The Wedding at Cana



Other Marian Holidays and Herrenfesten


Conclusion


Appendix: Biographies of Lutheran Preachers


Notes


Bibliography


Index