Pierre Bayle's Reformation: Conscience and Criticism on the Eve of the EnlightenmentThough admired by Diderot and Voltaire, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Frederick the Great and David Hume, his preoccupation with Christian dogmatists produced as much confusion as his condemnation of state and clerical persecution (eventually) produced admiration. He distinguished between good religious dogma and good citizens, insisting that the former does not necessarily produce the latter, an insight that scandalized many who thought him an atheist. |
Contents
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Martin Luther 14831546 Much Maligned | 53 |
Philipp Melanchthon 14971560 Wise Reformer | 82 |
Melchior Hoffman c 14951543 and the Anabaptists | 98 |
Martin Bucer 14911551 Accommodating Theologian | 123 |
Ignatius Loyola 14911556 Mystical Fanatic | 141 |
Sebastian Franck 14991542 Spiritualist and Pantheist | 162 |
John Calvin 15091564 Repairing the Record | 180 |
Sebastian Castellio 15151563 Defender of Toleration | 251 |
Bernardino Ochino 14871564 Between Calvinism and Unitarianism | 270 |
Francesco Stancaro 15011574 Defender of the Trinity | 283 |
Faustus Socinus 15391604 Pious Rationalist | 300 |
Conclusion | 319 |
Appendix | 331 |
Notes | 355 |
Bibliography | 445 |
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Page 41 - the sum and substance of our religion is peace and concord. This can hardly remain the case unless we define as few matters as possible and leave each individual's judgment free on many questions.
Page 41 - This can hardly remain the case unless we define as few matters as possible and leave each individual's judgment free on many questions.