Political theology of Reformation: Calvin, Calvinists and revolutionaries
This paper presents the evolution of John Calvin’s political theory, from a subservient view to the State, even tyrannical, to the possibility of armed resistance, led by lower magistrates in case of serious threat to faith. English and Scottish Calvinists broke these limits, advocating the possibil...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Escola Superior de Teologia (EST) |
| Repositorio: | Estudos Teológicos (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.est.edu.br/periodicos:article/2982 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://periodicos.est.edu.br/index.php/estudos_teologicos/article/view/2982 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Political Theology; Protestantism and democracy; Calvinism and politics; Teologia; Teologia Política; Teologia da Reforma. Teologia Política; protestantismo e democracia; calvinismo e política; |
| Sumario: | This paper presents the evolution of John Calvin’s political theory, from a subservient view to the State, even tyrannical, to the possibility of armed resistance, led by lower magistrates in case of serious threat to faith. English and Scottish Calvinists broke these limits, advocating the possibility of popular resistance, since the power of rulers has its origin in the people. The road traveled through the religious wars that ravaged Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, popular movements in England (XVII) and defense for religious tolerance. From the theological foundations, political theories were secularized and became the foundation of modern democracies. |
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