Balthasar Hubmaier's Doctrine of the Church |
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| Author:
| Mabry, Eddie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8191-9472-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1994 |
| Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $122.95 |
Book Description:
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This book is written as a resource for scholars and students of Anabaptism and Hubmaier studies. Balthasar Hubmaier understood the church to be a visible assembly of regenerated baptized saints, who both memorized Christ's suffering on the cross in the ordinance of the Lord's Supper, and who participated in that suffering as a church under the cross. Hubmaier's doctrine of the church seems to have many parallels both in medieval and sixteenth-century Anabaptist ecclesiology; but it...
More DescriptionThis book is written as a resource for scholars and students of Anabaptism and Hubmaier studies. Balthasar Hubmaier understood the church to be a visible assembly of regenerated baptized saints, who both memorized Christ's suffering on the cross in the ordinance of the Lord's Supper, and who participated in that suffering as a church under the cross. Hubmaier's doctrine of the church seems to have many parallels both in medieval and sixteenth-century Anabaptist ecclesiology; but it cannot be solidly placed in either category.
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Balthasar Hubmaier: The Man and His Theological Development; Hubmaier's Doctrine of the Church; Hubmaier's Doctrine of Regeneration and Salvation; Hubmaier's Doctrine of Baptism; Hubmaier's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper; Hubmaier's Doctrine of the Role of the Church in the World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.