{"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":"62 1","pages":""},"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":"14 1","pages":""},"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":"25 1","pages":""},"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":"10 1","pages":""},"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":"18 1","pages":""},"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":"62 1","pages":""},"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":"16 1","pages":""},"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":"Nurturing and Caring?: Francis de Sales’s Views of Women, Family, and Spirituality","authors":"Jill Fehleison","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10303009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10303009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This essay examines Francis de Sales’s <em>Introduction to the Devout Life</em> through the framework of caregiving. It also uses de Sales’s correspondence with two elite women, Jeanne de Chantal and Marie Brûlart, to demonstrate how de Sales’s guidance for laity was put into practice. Exploring women that yearned for a richer spiritual yet also had extensive caregiving obligations that did not allow for complete withdrawal from the secular world, reveals the increased labor these women faced. Women could not neglect household and family to spend more time in prayer and devotional practices. Caregiving duties were ongoing for most women of Early Modern Europe and continue today. Exploring how caring was viewed as part of women’s obligations as Christians, highlights the often-hidden labor of women.</p>","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138817890","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":"From Spiritual Guide to Church Mother: The Performative and Printed Preaching of Two Strasbourg Women","authors":"Katherine Goodwin Lindgren","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10303010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10303010","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article compares late medieval and early modern patterns of women’s preaching in Strasbourg. Medieval women circumvented gendered restrictions against female preaching through performative acts of embodied devotion. This article compares the embodied sermons of Gertrude Rickeldey of Ortenburg and the printed sermons of Katharina Schütz Zell to discuss the change and continuity in late medieval and early modern women’s preaching. Using Beverly Kienzle’s definition of the sermon and Roxanne Mountford’s concept of rhetorical space, I identify continuity in both’s women’s conformity to gendered regimes of piety. I also argue that Protestant reform shifted the location of female religious authority from embodied piety to printed sermons, but in a way that reflects a continuity with medieval traditions of female preaching. Overall this article demonstrates how women’s preaching persisted within the theological and cultural changes of the early modern period.</p>","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138817892","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":"Baptist Boys and Girls: Gender Roles in Southern Baptist Children’s Magazines, 1953–1957","authors":"Melody Maxwell","doi":"10.1163/18712428-10303013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18712428-10303013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper will analyze the publications for children of Woman’s Missionary Union (<span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">WMU</span>), auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1953 to 1957. These include <em>Tell</em>, a monthly magazine for girls, and <em>Ambassador Life</em>, a monthly magazine for boys. The paper will argue that these magazines urged girls to develop social graces while challenging boys to physical activity. In addition, both <em>Ambassador Life</em> and <em>Tell</em> generally encouraged their readers to adopt what editors saw as gender-specific roles, positing distinctive tasks for boys (and men) and for girls (and women). Overall, these emphases reflected conservative Southern Baptist understandings of gender and helped shape the views of a generation (or more) of Southern Baptists.</p>","PeriodicalId":41958,"journal":{"name":"Church History and Religious Culture","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138821630","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}