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Article: Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer.
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- Church History
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- December 1, 2000
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Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer. By H. J. Selderhuis. Trans. John Vriend and Lyle D. Bierma. Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies, Vol. 48. Kirksville, Mo.: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1999. 406 pp. $45.00 cloth.
This study explores the background for repeated allegations that Bucer's views on divorce were, in the words of one of his contemporaries, "worse than permissive." First published in Dutch in 1994, Selderhuis's investigation confirms that the notoriety of Bucer's views was not without justification. However, Selderhuis also seeks to disperse the cloud of judgment that has overshadowed Bucer's reputation since the sixteenth ...