 | Karlstadt as the Father of the Baptist Movements: The Emergence of Lay Protestantism Subjects: Karlstadt Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von ca. 1480-1541; Hoffman Melchior d. 1543 or 4; Theology Protestant -- History -- 16th century; Reformation; Professor Pater presents a revolutionary appraisal of the origins of law Protestantism in the Radical Reformation. Karlstady's creative contributions to the Reformation in Wittenberg are analysed, and the traditional picture of Karlstadt as an epigone of Luther, challenging his mentor purely out of spite, is discarded. Pater Calvin Augustine : CALVIN AUGUSTINE PATER is Professor of Church History at Knox College, University of Toronto. |
