Reformed Irenicism and Pan-Protestantism in Early Modern Europe

Alexander Schunka

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Pages:: 299–329

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004527447_012

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The present chapter focuses on the central aspects in the early modern history of irenicism. A special focus lies on its connections to Reformed Protestantism and on its relationship to what has been termed Pan-Protestantism. After a discussion of concepts and terminological issues, the chapter moves on to analyze three dimensions of irenicism in particular: namely, its key theological features, its relation to early modern politics, and, finally, the significance of mobility for the evolution and consolidation of the movement. I argue that early modern irenicism is quite fundamentally different from the contemporaneous concepts of toleration. Moreover, irenicism was the outcome of early modern Pan-Protestantism: both irenicism and Pan-Protestantism were largely based on a “universalist,” Melanchthonian, or even Arminian view on the doctrine of predestination. Their confessional origins were moderate Calvinism or Lutheranism that did not conform to the Book of Concord. Pan-Protestants were not necessarily irenicists but advocated trans-European contacts and dialogue among Protestants of different denominations. Irenicists, on the other hand, fostered the goal of a unified faith. They shared a Pan-Protestant outlook owing to the scattered nature of like-minded groups within the different Protestant strongholds of Europe.

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Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 235

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004527447

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 11 Nov 2022

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