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FRITZ BÜSSER, Wurzeln der Reformation in Zürich. Zum 500. Geburtstag des Reformators Huldrych Zwingli. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought, Vol. XXXI). Pp. x,284, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1985

FRITZ BÜSSER, Wurzeln der Reformation in Zürich. Zum 500. Geburtstag des Reformators Huldrych... 89 the library of a 'port- royaliste', Odette Barenne's attractively produced book pro- vides a good indication of the catholic interests and erudition of the `Messieurs de Port-Royal'. Alastair Hamilton BOEKBEOORDELINGEN FRITZ BÜSSER, Wurzeln der Reformation in Zürich. Zum 500. Geburtstag des Reformators Huldrych Zwingli. [Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought, Vol. XXXI]. Pp. x,284, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1985. Wurzeln der Reformation in Zurich is a collection of articles by Fritz Busser which have appeared since 1960, with, as their main themes, the figures of Zwingli and Bullinger, the Reformed institutions in Zürich, and contemporary historiographi- cal developments in the domain of the Reformation in Zürich. Like most collec- tions of articles the book is somewhat uneven and certain readers might be distur- bed by the heavily apologetical tone which occasionally prevails. This, however, does little to detract from the quality of the best pieces. If the article on Zwingli and Lactantius is necessarily speculative this does not apply to the pieces on Zwin- gli's attitude to nature and to prophecy, or to the lucid study 'Bullinger als Prophet', where the author analyses the providential role which Bullinger attribu- ted to the Swiss and his identification of them with the people of Israel. Of argua- bly still greater interest are the essays on the Reformed institutions, and particu- larly on the innovations in education introduced by the two Reformers and the structure which they imposed on the Church. Finally Fritz Büsser's book is also useful in that it provides us with a hitherto unpublished document-Johan Stumpf's foreword to his history of the Council of Constance, in itself a contribu- tion to our knowledge of the conciliar attitudes to be found amongst the Refor- mers, and particularly of their attitude to the Council of Trent. Alastair Hamilton Anti-Calvinists. The Rise of English Arminianism c. 1590-1640. By Nicholas Tyacke. Pp. xi, 305, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, £ 30.00. One of the great merits of the opening chapters of Anti-Calvinists, as of Nicholas Tyacke's previous studies, is the demonstration of how deeply England was per- meated by elements of Calvinism in the late sixteenth century. The sermons deli- vered, the catechisms and devotional literature issued, were often heavily influ- enced by Geneva and still more by the Geneva of Beza than by the Geneva of Calvin. A considerable emphasis thus fell on predestination. However much in contrast with the traditional view of the Elizabethan Church as equidistant from Geneva and from Rome this thesis, argued both in the text of Tyacke's new book and in an appendix on the sermons of the period, accounts for the reactions that followed in the seventeenth century. Anti-Calvinists is about the opposition to predestination which triumphed in the 1620s but which had its precursors in the Elizabethan period. Two chapters are devoted to the universities where the movement began and to which it was long BOEKBEOORDELINGEN http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

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89 the library of a 'port- royaliste', Odette Barenne's attractively produced book pro- vides a good indication of the catholic interests and erudition of the `Messieurs de Port-Royal'. Alastair Hamilton BOEKBEOORDELINGEN FRITZ BÜSSER, Wurzeln der Reformation in Zürich. Zum 500. Geburtstag des Reformators Huldrych Zwingli. [Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought, Vol. XXXI]. Pp. x,284, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1985. Wurzeln der Reformation in Zurich is a collection of articles by Fritz Busser which have appeared since 1960, with, as their main themes, the figures of Zwingli and Bullinger, the Reformed institutions in Zürich, and contemporary historiographi- cal developments in the domain of the Reformation in Zürich. Like most collec- tions of articles the book is somewhat uneven and certain readers might be distur- bed by the heavily apologetical tone which occasionally prevails. This, however, does little to detract from the quality of the best pieces. If the article on Zwingli and Lactantius is necessarily speculative this does not apply to the pieces on Zwin- gli's attitude to nature and to prophecy, or to the lucid study 'Bullinger als Prophet', where the author analyses the providential role which Bullinger attribu- ted to the Swiss and his identification of them with the people of Israel. Of argua- bly still greater interest are the essays on the Reformed institutions, and particu- larly on the innovations in education introduced by the two Reformers and the structure which they imposed on the Church. Finally Fritz Büsser's book is also useful in that it provides us with a hitherto unpublished document-Johan Stumpf's foreword to his history of the Council of Constance, in itself a contribu- tion to our knowledge of the conciliar attitudes to be found amongst the Refor- mers, and particularly of their attitude to the Council of Trent. Alastair Hamilton Anti-Calvinists. The Rise of English Arminianism c. 1590-1640. By Nicholas Tyacke. Pp. xi, 305, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, £ 30.00. One of the great merits of the opening chapters of Anti-Calvinists, as of Nicholas Tyacke's previous studies, is the demonstration of how deeply England was per- meated by elements of Calvinism in the late sixteenth century. The sermons deli- vered, the catechisms and devotional literature issued, were often heavily influ- enced by Geneva and still more by the Geneva of Beza than by the Geneva of Calvin. A considerable emphasis thus fell on predestination. However much in contrast with the traditional view of the Elizabethan Church as equidistant from Geneva and from Rome this thesis, argued both in the text of Tyacke's new book and in an appendix on the sermons of the period, accounts for the reactions that followed in the seventeenth century. Anti-Calvinists is about the opposition to predestination which triumphed in the 1620s but which had its precursors in the Elizabethan period. Two chapters are devoted to the universities where the movement began and to which it was long BOEKBEOORDELINGEN

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