{"product_id":"the-emergence-of-pastoral-authority-in-the-french-reformed-church-c-1555-c-1572-9789004461710","title":"The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church (c.1555-c.1572)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church, c.1555-c.1572, Gianmarco Braghi offers a broad overview of the issues and ambiguities connected to the implementation of the authority of the first generation of Geneva-trained French Reformed pastors and of their implications for the character and identity of the early French Reformed movement at large, using them as a prism for historical analysis of the transition from loose evangelicalism to a nascent synodal-consistorial network of Reformed congregations scattered across the kingdom of France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Abbreviations  Editorial Note    Introduction    1 Time of Harvest: Informal Instruments of Pastoral Authority and the La Vau Affair in Poitiers ­(c.1555–1557)   1\tPlural Influences on the French Reformation: Sebastian Castellio   2\tThe Evangelical Congregation of Poitiers and the Impact of Reformed Preaching   3\t“Une zizanie mauvaise de discorde”: Jean Saint-Vertunien de La Vau   4\t“Ils sont condamnés par eux-mêmes”: Dealing with Dissent in an Early Reformed Congregation    2 “Ceux qui s’y trouverent, sçavent”: A Meeting of Pastors in Paris (May 1559)   1\tProsecution of Heresy under the Reign of Henri II   2\tThe ‘First National Synod’ of 1559: Between Legend and History   3\tIssues of Sources and the Anticipation of Reception    3 The ‘National Debut’ of the French Reformed Movement (c.1559–c.1561)   1\tWhen All Hope is Gone: The Guise Rule and the Search for an ‘Outer Haven’   2\tA Polyptych of Pamphlets: A Self-Confident and Assertive Rhetoric   3\tThe Colloquy of Poissy: Adjusting the Rhetoric for the ‘National Debut’    4 The Institutional Turn: Negotiating the Limits of Pastoral Authority   1\tThe Confession de foi’s Model of Pastoral Authority   2\t“On ne sçait pas celles qu’on doit adopter”: The Changing Forms and Limits of the Discipline ecclésiastique   3\tA Litmus Test: The Aftermath of the La Vau Affair   4\tAn Appealing Preacher: Mathurin Sibelleau and the Congregation of Loudun   5\tInner and Outer Threats to Pastoral Authority    5 The Multiple Battlefields of Pastoral Authority: Quarrelsome Pastors and Scandalous Books in Lower Languedoc (c.1561–1563)   1\tThe Genevan System and French Reformed Practices of Book Censorship   2\tThe Evangelical Conventicle of Nîmes Turns Reformed   3\tThe Mauget-Mutonis Affair: The Teething Trouble of Pastoral Authority   4\tDeploying Women and the Laity for Polemical Purposes: The Declaration du mystere, ou secret de Dieu    6 The Jean Morély Affair (c.1562–c.1572): Church Polity, Ecclesiastical Discipline, and the Authority of Pastors   1\tThe Early Career of an Itinerant Theologian   2\t“Redime me à calumniis hominum”: Criticisms of Pastoral Authority in the Traicté de la discipline et police chrestienne (1562)   3\t“Plus dangereux que les persecutions”: The Enduring Character of the Morély Affair    7 Questioning the Ministry of the Word of God: The ‘Double Conversion’ of a Reformed Pastor   1\tThe Rise and Fall of an Outstanding Minister   2\tConversion Narratives   3\t“Historien de la faute detestable que i’ay commise”: Redemption Narratives    Conclusion  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210821329239,"sku":"9789004461710","price":107.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-emergence-of-pastoral-authority-in-the-french-reformed-church-c-1555-c-1572-9789004461710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}