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SYNOPSES, ZUSAMMENFASSUNGEN
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Tomaž Jurca
The Reformation in Italy – Protestant currents on the Peninsula
in the 16th century – a brief overview
In the light of the diversity of Protestant currents in Italy a systematic definition of a
phenomenon sometimes referred to as the “Italian Reformation” is a problematic task. In
the first years after Luther's announcement, Protestant ideas reached Italy mainly through
Venice, its printers and merchants, and merged with the well-documented legacy of
Church critique already present on the Peninsula. New religious ideas were well received
not only by the lower and middle classes but also by numerous distinguished clerics, who
strove to find common ground with Protestants and thus avoid the schism of western
Christianity. Their hopes were crushed by the foundation of the Holy Office, the Roman
Inquisition, with which Gian Pietro Carafa, later elected Pope Paul IV, cleansed the Roman
Curia and eliminated the possibility of papal election from the circle of spirituali. Only
with the elimination of this inner conflict could the Catholic Church fully focus on the
campaign against external heresy. In this endeavour it received decisive support from
Italian secular authorities and local rulers, who were often themselves church dignitaries.
These factors contributed to the fact that the Reformation in Italy was not as successful as
in northern Europe and that after a few decades of repression and strict enforcement of the
Tridentine creed, Protestant activity on the Peninsula disappeared almost without a trace.
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26:27
Gorazd Andrejč
Philosophical-theological perspectives on Judaism: Schleiermacher and Tillich
It has been argued that German Liberal Protestant theologians of the 19th and the early
20th Century, despite their affirmation of the freedom of religion and their support for the
emancipation of the Jews, remained strongly anti-Jewish which, in turn, contributed to
the development of anti-Semitism and ultimately – by the early 20th Century – Nazism.
In this essay, I want to examine this perception by exploring Schleiermacher’s and
Tillich’s role in the above story and comparing their respective views of Judaism. Both
theologians were politically engaged in connection with Christian and general public
attitudes towards Jews in Germany, but their theologies of Judaism differ substantially.
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UDC: 274(091)(450)"15"
283/289(450)"15"(091)
284:272"15"
Tomaž Jurca
The Reformation in Italy – Protestant currents on the Peninsula
in the 16th century – a brief overview
In the light of the diversity of Protestant currents in Italy a systematic definition of a
phenomenon sometimes referred to as the “Italian Reformation” is a problematic task. In
the first years after Luther's announcement, Protestant ideas reached Italy mainly through
Venice, its printers and merchants, and merged with the well-documented legacy of
Church critique already present on the Peninsula. New religious ideas were well received
not only by the lower and middle classes but also by numerous distinguished clerics, who
strove to find common ground with Protestants and thus avoid the schism of western
Christianity. Their hopes were crushed by the foundation of the Holy Office, the Roman
Inquisition, with which Gian Pietro Carafa, later elected Pope Paul IV, cleansed the Roman
Curia and eliminated the possibility of papal election from the circle of spirituali. Only
with the elimination of this inner conflict could the Catholic Church fully focus on the
campaign against external heresy. In this endeavour it received decisive support from
Italian secular authorities and local rulers, who were often themselves church dignitaries.
These factors contributed to the fact that the Reformation in Italy was not as successful as
in northern Europe and that after a few decades of repression and strict enforcement of the
Tridentine creed, Protestant activity on the Peninsula disappeared almost without a trace.
UDC: 17:23/28
28:296.1
26:27
Gorazd Andrejč
Philosophical-theological perspectives on Judaism: Schleiermacher and Tillich
It has been argued that German Liberal Protestant theologians of the 19th and the early
20th Century, despite their affirmation of the freedom of religion and their support for the
emancipation of the Jews, remained strongly anti-Jewish which, in turn, contributed to
the development of anti-Semitism and ultimately – by the early 20th Century – Nazism.
In this essay, I want to examine this perception by exploring Schleiermacher’s and
Tillich’s role in the above story and comparing their respective views of Judaism. Both
theologians were politically engaged in connection with Christian and general public
attitudes towards Jews in Germany, but their theologies of Judaism differ substantially.
223
