Second Reformation
The termSecond Reformationhas been used in a number of contexts inProtestantism,implying a new or continuingReformation.
- In Germany and Northern Europe, it generally refers to a period ofCalvinistpressure onLutheranismfrom about 1560 to 1619.[1]
- The "Dutch Second Reformation" orNadere Reformatie( "Another Reformation" ) is usually placed rather later, from about 1600 onwards, and had much in common with EnglishPuritanism.
- For the Scottish Second Reformation in the 17th century, seeCovenanters.
- In theChurch of IrelandandChurch of England,theSecond Reformationwas an evangelical campaign from the 1820s onwards, organised by theological conservatives.
References[edit]
- ^Michalski, 84
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