Theology

Thomas Kaufmann

An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation von des christlichen Standes Besserung

[To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate.]

2014. XV, 559 pages.

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The appeal To the Christian nobility is a key document of the early Reformation in which for the first time Luther shows himself to be the reformer who presented a radical challenge to the Latin-European church in its existing form. Reflected in the first complete commentary on the appeal To the Christian nobility, the Reformation shows itself to be a radical break with tradition.
The appeal To the Christian nobility is a key document of the early Reformation in which for the first time Luther shows himself to be the reformer who presented a radical challenge to the Latin-European church in its existing form. The significance of this tract, which addressed itself not only to the ruling classes but to all Christians of both sexes, and its power in mobilizing large segments of the population in favor of the Reformation, should not be underestimated. In his criticism of the papacy, Luther attained a new decisiveness, exactly during the period in which his Roman trial was drawing to a close. The concept of the general priesthood of the believers and the baptized, developed here for the first time, demonstrates a »Copernican turn« in the understanding of the church. Reflected in the first complete commentary on the appeal To the Christian nobility, the Reformation shows itself to be a radical break with tradition.
Authors/Editors

Thomas Kaufmann Geboren 1962; Studium der Theologie in Münster, Göttingen, Tübingen; 1990 Promotion; 1994 Habilitation; 1996–2000 Lehrstuhl für Kirchengeschichte an der LMU München; seit 2000 Lehrstuhl für Kirchengeschichte in Göttingen; 2020 Leibnizpreis.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5003-8731

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Zeitschr.f.Histor.Forschung — 43 (2016), S. 406–407 (Thomas Fuchs)
In: Lutherische Theologie und Kirche — 2015, Heft 3, S. 191–193 (Johannes Hund)
In: Rottenburger Jahrbuch f. KirchenG — 35 (2016), S. 285–286 (Bernd Oberdorfer)
In: Neues Archiv für Sächsische Geschichte — 87 (2016), S. 389–390 (Enno Bünz)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — http://www.thlz.de/buch_des_monats.php?ausgabe=2014–04 (Albrecht Beutel)
In: Loccumer Pelikan — http://buchempfehlungen.blogs.rpi-virtuell.net/2015/03/19/thomas-kaufmann-an-den-christlichen-adel/ (Christoph Auffarth)
In: Reformatorisch Dagblad — 29. März 2014, S. 9 (Herman J. Selderhuis)
In: Lutheran Quarterly — 29 (2015), S. 122–123 (Mark D. Tranvik)
In: Luther — 2015, Heft 1, S. 49–50 (Armin Kohnle)
In: Zeitschr. f.Thüring. Gesch. — 68 (2014), S. 360–363 (Georg Schmidt)
In: Lutherjahrbuch — 82 (2015), S. 273–275 (Christopher Spehr)
In: Archiv f. ReformationsG -Literaturbericht- — 43 (2014), 15 (Markus Wriedt)
In: Protestants Nederland — 2015, Nr. 10, S. 236–238 (K. van der Zwaag)
In: Zeitschr.f. Bayer. KirchenG — 86 (2017), S. 205–207 (Wolfgang Huber)
In: Sehepunkte — http://www.sehepunkte.de/2014/09/24474.html (Stefan Michel)