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Although John Calvin often likened sacramental confession to
butchery, the Council of Trent declared that for those who
approached it worthily, it was made easy by its "great benefits and
consolations." Thomas Tentler describes and evaluates the
effectiveness of sacramental confession as a functioning
institution designed "to cause guilt as well as cure guilt," seeing
it in its proper place as a part of the social fabric of the Middle
Ages. The author examines the institution of confession in practice
as well as in theory, providing an analysis of a practical
literature whose authors wanted to explain as clearly as they
safely could what confessors and penitents had to believe, do,
feel, say, and intend, if sacramental confession were to forgive
sins. In so doing he recreates the mentality and experience that
the Reformers attacked and the Counter-Reformers defended. Central
to his thesis is the contention that Luther, Calvin, and the
Fathers of Trent regarded religious institutions as the solution to
certain social and psychological problems, and that an awareness of
this attitude is important for an assessment of the significance of
confession in late medieval and Reformation Europe. Originally
published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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Baptism
- Three Views
(Paperback)
David F. Wright; Contributions by Sinclair B. Ferguson, Anthony N.S. Lane, Bruce A Ware
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The Christian church confesses "one baptism." But the church's
answers to how, whom and when to baptize, and even what it means or
does, are famously varied. This book provides a forum for
thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views to state
their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary
response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for
infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers'
baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice. As with any
good conversation on a controversial topic, this book raises
critical issues, challenges preconceptions and discloses the soft
points in each view. Evangelicals who wish to understand better
their own church's practice or that of their neighbor, or who
perhaps are uncertain of their own views, will value this incisive
book.
A theological exploration of how baptism and Communion shape our
lives together as God's people, explaining how the physical water,
bread, and wine embody the promises, grace, and presence of Christ.
Although John Calvin often likened sacramental confession to
butchery, the Council of Trent declared that for those who
approached it worthily, it was made easy by its "great benefits and
consolations." Thomas Tentler describes and evaluates the
effectiveness of sacramental confession as a functioning
institution designed "to cause guilt as well as cure guilt," seeing
it in its proper place as a part of the social fabric of the Middle
Ages. The author examines the institution of confession in practice
as well as in theory, providing an analysis of a practical
literature whose authors wanted to explain as clearly as they
safely could what confessors and penitents had to believe, do,
feel, say, and intend, if sacramental confession were to forgive
sins. In so doing he recreates the mentality and experience that
the Reformers attacked and the Counter-Reformers defended. Central
to his thesis is the contention that Luther, Calvin, and the
Fathers of Trent regarded religious institutions as the solution to
certain social and psychological problems, and that an awareness of
this attitude is important for an assessment of the significance of
confession in late medieval and Reformation Europe. Originally
published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
This beautifully-bound, white christening (or baptismal) Bible is
an ideal presentation for the remembrance of significant events in
ones faith life. The Bible uses the Authorized King James Version
in a small, handy format.
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