Inventing Authority: The Use of the Church Fathers in Reformation Debates Over the Eucharist

by Esther Chung-Kim

Book Overview

Adding great historical insight to the events of the sixteenth century, Inventing Authority uncovers how and why the Protestant reformers came, in their dissent from the Catholic church, to turn to the Church Fathers and align their movements with the early church. Discovering that the reformers most frequently appealed to patristic sources in polemical contexts, Esther Chung-Kim adeptly traces the variety and creativity of their appeals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602584702
• ISBN13: 9781602584709
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"