Use of the Fathers in the Eucharistic Debates between John Calvin and Joachim Westphal
Esther Chung-Kim
This essay examines how John Calvin and Joachim Westphal used the early church fathers in sixteenth-century debates over Lord's Supper. In midst of competing Lutheran Reformed interpretations Supper, reformers looked to ancient authorities support their views against opinions. As controversies erupted, not only between Catholics Protestants but among themselves, references increased as appealed tradition for confirmation on doctrinal liturgical issues. compares referred authorize own concerning Eucharist contributes current conversations use construction Protestant "orthodoxy," history biblical interpretation during Reformation. relates a larger project, which problem religious authority European
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