TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jeffrey Burton Russell
AU  - Douglas W. Lumsden
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - A History of Medieval Christianity
T2  - Prophecy and Order
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1103908
N2  - This volume, a general history of the church in the Middle Ages, pays close attention to the spiritual, intellectual, and institutional aspects of medieval Christianity. From its beginnings, the church has existed in a state of tension between two forces: the spirit of order and the spirit of prophecy. The spirit of order attempts to reform humanity and human institutions; the spirit of prophecy attempts to transform them into the world of God. This tension created a balance within the church that kept it from forgetting the nature of basic religious experience while continuing to remain sensitive to the needs of society.
KW  - Reformation, Church, prophecy, christianity, Middle Ages
LA  - English
ER  -