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From icons to idols : documents on the image debate in Reformation England / David J. Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498273930
  • 1498273939
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 261.5/7094209031 23
LOC classification:
  • BV153.G7 D375 2016
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 224.
Summary: The debate over religious images was fundamental to the development of the Reformation. Even before the Reformation, iconoclasm and the critique of image devotion were marks of religious radicalism. Protestant reformers embraced iconoclasm as a means of condemning Catholic corruption and illustrating their war against idolatry. From Icons to Idols provides an accessible, important edition of primary sources on this critical aspect of the Reformation in England. The documents in this collection track the image debate across the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, highlighting the complex.

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 224.

The debate over religious images was fundamental to the development of the Reformation. Even before the Reformation, iconoclasm and the critique of image devotion were marks of religious radicalism. Protestant reformers embraced iconoclasm as a means of condemning Catholic corruption and illustrating their war against idolatry. From Icons to Idols provides an accessible, important edition of primary sources on this critical aspect of the Reformation in England. The documents in this collection track the image debate across the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, highlighting the complex.