{"title":"Merit and Justification in Le baston de la foy of Guy de Brès (Chapter 6)","authors":"Anthony N.S. Lane","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402011","url":null,"abstract":"This article builds on two earlier studies, in the light of the new critical edition of Guy de Brès’ <jats:italic>Le baston de la foy</jats:italic>. It examines the sources of the 62 patristic extracts found in chapter 6, on the theme of merit and justification. 41 of these have been taken from the 1551 French translation of Bodius’s <jats:italic>Unio dissidentium</jats:italic> and a further extract is also found there, but in a very different translation. Ten extracts have been taken from the 1553 French translation of Calvin’s <jats:italic>Institutio</jats:italic> and a further extract is also found there, but in a very different translation. The critical edition has located French sources for four of the eleven remaining extracts; the other seven have yet to be traced. Also examined are the doctrinal claims made by de Brès for patristic teaching on justification and merit. These are modest and generally realistic.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Connected by Books","authors":"W.H.Th. (Wim) Moehn","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402010","url":null,"abstract":"In 1555, Guy de Brès published his anthology of quotations from the church fathers under the title <jats:italic>Le baston de la foy chrestienne</jats:italic>. During a stay in Lausanne and Geneva, some years later, he most likely met Pierre Viret. No correspondence, however, has survived, but recent research has revealed that de Brès was perfectly aware of Viret’s French-language publications. Viret appears to have been one of de Brès’ favourite authors. He selected quotations from no fewer than eleven different books. This article aims to focus on the quotations taken from Viret’s oeuvre. First, it documents where the thematic focal points lie. For which themes did de Brès use Viret’s input? It also examines which quotations were removed during the various revisions of <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic>. Finally, the question will be answered why some of Viret’s writings were not incorporated into <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> when, from the point of view of content, they could well have been.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"De Brès beyond Le baston","authors":"Erik A. de Boer","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402014","url":null,"abstract":"Guy de Brès, reformer of the southern Low Countries, was tried and condemned for heresy in 1567. In prison he was interrogated by François Richardot, bishop of Arras. De Brès’ notes and letters were published posthumously as <jats:italic>Procedures tenues</jats:italic>. As he had written <jats:italic>Le baston de la foy chrestienne</jats:italic> as a guide for the Reformed who had to defend their faith, now de Brès had to defend himself and use his knowledge of the Church Fathers. The critical edition of this work will show what material from <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> returns and what knowledge he acquired that goes beyond his own anthology. We analyze his use of Scholastic authorities, of the first eucharistic controversy of Radbertus and Ratramus, and of a specific edition of the <jats:italic>Opus imperfectum</jats:italic> on the Gospel of Matthew, published in Antwerp and thus accessible to the itinerant preacher. De Brès had recourse to a range of treatises on the Lord’s Supper, which were translated into French, from various reformers. He had also developed the skills to go beyond works of reference, study a contemporaneous edition of a Church Father, and make an informed decision of its value.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Analysis of Guy de Brès’ Le baston (1559–1565), Chapter 10: Baptism","authors":"Lyle Bierma","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402012","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter on baptism that Guy de Brès added to the fourth edition of <jats:italic>Le baston de la foy chrestienne</jats:italic> in 1559 is a good illustration of how the work was evolving from a polemical anthology of patristic and biblical quotations to more of a dogmatic compendium. The new chapter also exhibits a number of structural and theological parallels with de Brès’ Belgic Confession of 1561. In its treatment of baptism in relation to original sin and salvation, baptism as a means of grace, and infant baptism, the chapter indicates at the very least that some of the concepts, themes, and theological reasoning that appeared in the Belgic Confession in 1561 were already present, sometimes in fairly developed form, in <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> two years earlier.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Confession to God and Reconciliation with Neighbours","authors":"Byunghoon Kang","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402013","url":null,"abstract":"Guy de Brès collected biblical and patristic quotations in the chapter on confession to God in his first work, <jats:italic>Le baston de la foy chrestienne</jats:italic>, to demonstrate that confession to priests was not supported by the Church Fathers or the Bible. This essay examines de Brès’ intention in using various quotations in the chapter by comparing his usage of quotations with the original text and with his colleagues’ use of them. The paper also discusses the revisions made by the reformer and what his intentions were there. In particular, de Brès placed the chapter on confession between the chapters on baptism and the Lord’s Supper, leading readers to consider what confession is within the context of the doctrine of the sacraments. Furthermore, this essay shows that he implied that we must be reconciled with each other before the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, suggesting a public confession, which later became part of the Dutch Reformed tradition.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comparison of Guy de Brès’ Le baston de la foy chrestienne and the Belgic Confession on Church and State","authors":"In-Sub Ahn","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402015","url":null,"abstract":"The development from the first edition (1555) to the final edition (1565) of <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> reflects the theological growth of de Brès, who was a refugee pastor and theologian. <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> gradually developed into a comprehensive theological work, reflecting Calvin’s theology. The church and state theory of the <jats:italic>Belgic Confession</jats:italic> showed a more public and universal character, since it was written in response to the need to systematically defend the Reformed Church’s faith. However, <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic>’s thoughts on Church and State provided pastoral comfort to the Reformed Church members of the Southern Netherlands who were suffering from persecution by the state, emphasizing that the Reformed Church’s faith was in continuity with the Early Church. Further, it can be said that <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> allows us to understand that the Dutch Reformed Church has come to stand in the line of Calvin’s theology. It is noteworthy that de Brès’ theology gradually developed in the historical situation of his time, following Calvin’s theological way.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Preface and Catalogue des Docteurs et Conciles in Guy de Brès’ Le baston de la foy chrestienne","authors":"Gianmarco Braghi","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10402009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10402009","url":null,"abstract":"On occasion of the celebrations for the fifth centenary of Guy de Brès’ birth, as well as the publication of the first volume of the critical edition of his theological works, this article aims at analysing the epistle-like preface and <jats:italic>Catalogue des Docteurs et Conciles</jats:italic> included in de Brès’ first theological/polemical treatise, entitled <jats:italic>Le baston de la foy chrestienne</jats:italic> (first published in 1555). The preface is placed within the context of anti-Anabaptist polemics and in continuity with previous Reformed efforts to convince civil authorities across Europe that the Reformed church did not harbour seditious troublemakers or detested heretics; the <jats:italic>Catalogue</jats:italic> of doctors and councils, alongside the preface, constitutes a summary of the apologetical and polemical reply <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> expressed against a Roman Catholic work by Nicole Grenier entitled <jats:italic>Le bouclier de la foy</jats:italic> and directed against Reformed believers and their doctrine. While the patristic and canonical sources used by de Brès for the writing of <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> remain to be fleshed out more precisely, the critical edition of <jats:italic>Le baston</jats:italic> will shed new light on this and other matters, representing a further step towards the understanding of the life and theology of a key protagonist of the European Reformation of the mid sixteenth century.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142180107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"George McCready Price and Seventh-Day Adventism’s Influence on the Rise of Modern Creationism","authors":"Niq Ruud","doi":"10.1163/18712428-bja10066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-bja10066","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Self-taught geologist and early convert to Seventh-day Adventism, George McCready Price played a significant, yet largely overlooked role in the rise of the modern creationist movement—and, to some degree, can be seen as the lynchpin leading to mainstream adoption of literal readings of the Christian scriptures. Influenced greatly by the writings of Ellen White, the prophetess of the Adventist movement, Price developed his ideas on flood geology which eventually became a cornerstone of creationist thinking. Price’s commitment to biblical literalism, influenced by White’s visions, shaped his worldview and led him to reconcile his interest in geology with the Adventist model of Earth’s history. His central argument for creationism was based on his belief in a worldwide flood, as described in the biblical narrative, which he saw as having shaped most of the Earth’s geological features. Although Price’s contributions were initially overlooked, his ideas gained prominence through the work of John Whitcomb and Henry Morris, who popularized his concepts in their influential book, The Genesis Flood. Price’s effect on modern creationism highlights the intersection of fundamentalist Christianity, particularly Adventism, with the evolving tension between theology and science in the 20th Century.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140379574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Extension of the Liturgical Form for the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper in the Dutch Psalm Book of Dathenus 1568","authors":"Sam Zwemer","doi":"10.1163/18712428-bja10063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-bja10063","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article focuses on a specific edition of the Dutch liturgical form for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. This edition from 1568 contains an extension concerning the words of distribution and the thanksgiving. This modification was done by Dathenus himself. In terms of its origin, this specific edition fits well within the patterns in the genesis of the (Dutch) form for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper itself. The content of the extension includes an invitation, an expansion of the words of distribution, and instruction in the thanksgiving regarding communion with Christ, the eschatological perspective, and living in gratitude. Various motives played a role in this extension, both in terms of the context of its origin and its context of use. This specific text is relevant as it provides more information about the author’s working method, the influence of the London tradition, and a better understanding of later synods and editions of the psalm book.","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140379840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Formal Education of the Author of Luke-Acts, by Steve Reece","authors":"Fabrizio Petorella","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10401001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10401001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140380968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}