Heinrich Heshusius and confessional polemic in early Lutheran orthodoxy /

Halvorson, Michael.

Heinrich Heshusius and confessional polemic in early Lutheran orthodoxy / Michael J. Halvorson. - Farnham : Ashgate, 2010. - xviii, 263 p. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm. - St Andrews studies in Reformation history. . - St. Andrews studies in Reformation history. .

Includes bibliography (p. [227]-252) and index.

Introduction : pastors and polemics in early Lutheran orthodoxy -- Heshusius and the University of Helmstedt circle -- The Psalms catechism and lay indoctrination in early orthodoxy -- Heshusius and Lutheran preaching : catechetical sermons -- Heshusius and Lutheran preaching : funeral and wedding sermons -- Confessional conflict in Hildesheim : struggles with Jews, Jesuits, and Rudolf II.

9780754664703 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781409408741 (ebook)


Heshusius, Heinrich, 1556-1597.


Lutheran Church--History--Germany, Northern--16th century.
Lutheran Church--Clergy--Germany, Northern--Biography.
Reformation--Germany, Northern.


Germany, Northern--Church history--16th century.

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