Doorkeepers at the House of Righteousness

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This book examines the way Heinrich Bullinger, who assumed leadership of the Zurich churches in 1532, described and made normative his vision of the relationship between church and state. By affording the office of minister a special status he elevated the minister above other officers in the government. At the same time Bullinger insisted that ministers participate in the life of the canton as civil servants. The book draws on Bullinger's writings as well as on documents from the Zurich state archives to examine the way that the ministers of Bullinger's day actually fulfilled the roles he recommended for them.

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Pamela Biel

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1535 1575 Bullinger Clergy Doorkeepers Heinrich House RIGHTEOUSNES Righteousness Zurich

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«Cette étude est d'autant plus intéressante qu'elle fait apparaître combien la personnalité des Réformateurs a joué dans les relations entre les pouvoirs civil et religieux. La vie quotidienne était souvent marquée plus par le rayonnement personnel de pasteurs tel que Bullinger que par des théories.» (J.-F. Gilmont, Revue d'Histoire ecclésiastique)
«This carefully researched and well written study of Bullinger and of the Zurich clergy will become a standard work on the Zurich Reformation. Anyone who has an interest in the Zurich Reformation will greatly benefit from reading this fine piece of scholarship.» (J. Wayne Baker, The Sixteenth Century Journal)

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