001478681 000__ 06153nam\a22008175i\4500 001478681 001__ 1478681 001478681 003__ DE-B1597 001478681 005__ 20231026034951.0 001478681 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478681 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478681 008__ 230808t20092004mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478681 020__ $$a9780674042797 001478681 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674042797$$2doi 001478681 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)574583 001478681 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1262308186 001478681 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478681 0410_ $$aeng 001478681 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478681 050_4 $$aBR307$$bR58 2004eb 001478681 072_7 $$aREL033000$$2bisacsh 001478681 08204 $$a262/.8/09031 001478681 1001_ $$aRittgers, Ronald K., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478681 24514 $$aThe Reformation of the Keys :$$bConfession, Conscience, and Authority in Sixteenth-Century Germany /$$cRonald K. Rittgers. 001478681 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2009] 001478681 264_4 $$c©2004 001478681 300__ $$a1 online resource (330 p.) 001478681 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478681 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478681 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478681 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478681 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tFigures -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1 Allegiance to the Regnum -- $$t2 Between Hope and Fear -- $$t3 The Assault on the Keys -- $$t4 Tentative Beginnings -- $$t5 An Evangelical Dilemma -- $$t6 The New Rite -- $$t7 Resisting the Old Jurisdiction -- $$t8 Confession Established -- $$t9 Propaganda and Practice -- $$tConclusion -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex 001478681 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478681 520__ $$aThe Catholic Church's claims to spiritual and temporal authority rest on Jesus' promise in the gospels to give Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven. In the sixteenth century, leaders of the German Reformation sought a fundamental transformation of this "power of the keys" as part of their efforts to rid Church and society of alleged clerical abuses. Central to this transformation was a thoroughgoing reform of private confession. Unlike other Protestants, Lutherans chose not to abolish private confession but to change it to suit their theological convictions and social needs. In a fascinating examination of this new religious practice, Ronald Rittgers traces the development of Lutheran private confession, demonstrating how it consistently balanced competing concerns for spiritual freedom and moral discipline. The reformation of private confession was part of a much larger reformation of the power of the keys that had profound implications for the use of religious authority in sixteenth-century Germany. As the first full-length study of the role of Lutheran private confession in the German Reformation, this book is a welcome contribution to early modern European and religious history. Table of Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Allegiance to the Regnum 2. Between Hope and Fear 3. The Assault on the Keys 4. Tentative Beginnings 5. An Evangelical Dilemma 6. The New Rite 7. Resisting the Old Jurisdiction 8. Confession Established 9. Propaganda and Practice Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Figures Map of the Holy Roman Empire Late medieval Nuernberg The 1539 Schembartlauf hell-float The storming of the hell-float Woodcut from Andreas Osiander's children's sermon on the keys In an exceptionally fair-minded and scrupulous book, Ronald Rittgers charts a route through theological and social complexities with great clarity and subtlety. Lutherans experienced strong and conflicting emotions about confession, and Nuremberg makes a fine case study of their divergent reactions. This is an original and important addition to scholarship.--Andrew Pettegree, University of St. AndrewsA finely detailed survey of the disputes and controversies surrounding the introduction of an evangelical form of confession in sixteenth-century Nuremberg. There is, to my knowledge, no comparable treatment of the subject. Rittgers's study is deeply researched. His writing is fluent, the argument easy to follow. Useful for Reformation scholars, this book also holds much for the general reader with a serious interest in the history of the Reformation.--Gerald Strauss, Emeritus, Indiana University 001478681 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478681 546__ $$aIn English. 001478681 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. 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