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Article: Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer.(Brief Article)
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- Journal of Church and State
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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trans. John Vriend and Lyle D. Bierma. Kirksville, Mo.: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1999. 406 pp. np.
The sixteenth-century German theologian Martin Bucer has gained notoriety over the years primarily for his seemingly unorthodox--and permissive--views on divorce. Much less attention, however, has been paid to Bucer's understanding of marriage in the Christian life. In this book, then, Selderhuis, a Dutch scholar, offers what he calls the first systematic and comprehensive study of Bucer's writings on marriage, divorce, and ...