A Reappraisal of William Tyndale's Debt to Martin Luther
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3333880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L J Trinterud (McCormick Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-45 |
| Publication date | 1962-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3163358 |
| OpenAlex | W2032168685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
The colorful and powerful figure of Martin Luther dominates all study of the early years of the Reformation. Inevitably the first pages of the history of the Reformation in any region will begin with an effort by the author to trace the manner in which Luther's influence reached that area. In the study of the English Reformation one of the common ways of showing Luther's influence is to point to the work of the Bible translator William Tyndale. Numerous books on the English Reformation, on the history of the English Bible, and on Tyndale himself, have made of him a follower and an interpreter of Luther who played a major role in introducing the thought of the great reformer into England. A careful study of Tyndale's works, however, will show that his debt to Luther, and the "Lutheranism" of his views, has been over-stated. Tyndale, like many early sixteenth century religious reformers, made much use of Luther's name, fame, and works but without becoming a follower of those distinctive ideas of the German reformer which set him off from the other advocates of reform at the time. Tyndale's greatest debt was first to Christian humanism and then to the German-Swiss reformers of Zurich and Basel
Archaeology · Art · Debt · Economics · English Reformation · Exposition (narrative) · German · Humanism · Literature · Martin luther · Protestantism · Theology · Classics · Historical Legal Studies and Society · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2014 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |