Enemies of the Cross: Suffering, Truth, and Mysticism in the Early Reformation

by Vincent Evener

Enemies of the Cross examines how suffering and truth were aligned in the divisive debates of the early Reformation. Vincent Evener explores how Martin Luther, along with his first intra-Reformation critics, offered "true" suffering as a crucible that would allow believers to distinguish the truth or falsehood of doctrine, teachers, and their own experiences. To use suffering in this way, however, reformers also needed to teach Christians to recognize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190073187
• ISBN13: 9780190073183
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"