The Anabaptists and the Civil Authorities of Strasbourg, 1525-1555
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3601577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Kreider (Bluffton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 99-118 |
| Publication date | 1955-06-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/3161649 |
| OpenAlex | W2158617895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Since the dawn of the Christian era the relationship between church and state has been one of the pivotal issues of western civilization. Men have offered a variety of answers to this problem. The much- persecuted Anabaptists of the 16th century presented one set of answers, radical for their age, which called for a decisive separation of the church from the state and complete freedom for the church to pursue its vocation in the world. The Anabaptists were a distressing annoyance to the civil authorities. This movement posed for the 16th century the acute problem: how should religious dissent be handled
Anabaptists · Civilization · Dissent · Political science · Politics · Separation of church and state · State (computer science) · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |