Magisterial Reformation

Protestant Reformation

Precursors Waldensians (I 12th century) Avignon Papacy (1309–77) John Wycliffe (E, 1320–84) Western Schism (1378–1417) Jan Hus (B, ~1369–1415) Hussite Wars (1420–~34) Northern Renaissance German mysticism The Start of the Reformation The Ninety-Five Theses German Peasants' War Schmalkaldic League Magisterial · Radical · Counter Protestant Reformers Martin Luther Philipp Melanchthon Thomas Müntzer Menno Simons Martin Bucer Olaus & Laurentius Petri Huldrych Zwingli John Calvin John Knox Primož Trubar Reformation by location Czech lands · Denmark-Norway and Holstein · England Germany · Italy · Netherlands · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Scotland · Sweden · France · Switzerland

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The Magisterial Reformation is a phrase that "draws attention to the manner in which the Lutheran and Calvinist reformers related to secular authorities, such as princes, magistrates, or city councils", i.e. "the magistracy".^[1] While the Radical Reformation rejected any secular authority over the Church, the Magisterial Reformation argued for the interdependence of the church and secular authorities, i.e. "The magistrate had a right to authority within the church, just as the church could rely on the authority of the magistrate to enforce discipline, suppress heresy, or maintain order."^[2]

References

1. ^ McGrath, Alistair. 1998. Historical Theology, An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Blackwell Publishers: Oxford. p. 159.
2. ^ McGrath, op.cit. p. 159