Reformation Readings of the Apocalypse: Geneva, Zurich, and WittenbergIn this study, Irene Backus examines the fate of the Apocalypse at the hands of early Protestants in three centers of the Reformation: Geneva, Zurich, and Wittenberg. To do so, Backus systematically investigates sources and methods of the most important reformed and Lutheran commentaries of the Apocalypse from 1528-1584. |
Contents
1 The Problem of Canonicity | 3 |
2 Antoine du Pinet and His Models | 37 |
3 Augustin Marlorat and Nicolas Colladon | 61 |
4 The Apocalypse and the Zurich Reformers | 87 |
David Chytraeus and Nikolaus Selnecker | 113 |
Conclusion | 135 |
Notes | 139 |
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Reformation Readings of the Apocalypse: Geneva, Zurich, and Wittenberg Irena Backus Limited preview - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
Annotations Antichrist Apoca Apocalypse apostles apostolic authorship Augustine Bede Beza Beza's Bibliander Bibliander's biblical book's Bullinger Bullinger's Calvin canonicity Cent sermons chapter chiliasm Christ Christian church Chytraeus cited Colladon commentary commentators consensus devil Dionysius doctrine dragon du Pinet ecclesiae edition Erasmus eschatological Eusebius Evangelist exegesis exegetical Explicatio Expositio Exposition Gagny Geneva God's Gospel heaven Heinrich Bullinger heresies Holy interpretation Ioannis Irenaeus Jesus Joachim of Fiore John John the Apostle l'Apocalypse l'Eglise Last Judgment Leo Jud liure Luther Lutheran lypse Marlorat Methodus Meyer millenarian millennium Old Testament papacy papal passage persecutions Pinet Poetovio pope preface Primasius prophecy prophets Protestant quae readers refer reign Relatio fidelis revelation Rupert of Deutz saints Satan Scripture Selnecker seven heads seven seals seventh sixth spiritual symbolic theologians theology thousand tion Titelmans true faithful Tyconius unleashing of Satan verse Victorinus of Poetovio visions woman word Zwingli