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In this wide-ranging volume, Heiko A. Oberman traces threads of continuity flowing to and from the Reformation. Many of his most important studies appear here in English for the first time. Professor Oberman explores “experiential” mysticism; the tradition of humility; the “battle on two fronts” waged by the Wittenburg circle against Pierias and Eck; Luther’s medieval and apocalyptical...

evangelical legacy beyond the walls of cities and thereby to move across Europe. In consequence, the Reformation eventually surpassed Zwingli’s visionary plan of 1527 by much more than he could ever have hoped. Zwingli listened to Scripture in a new way, with a sharpened sense of social justice that made the Reformation modern. Luther also listened to Scripture in a new way, but experienced the Reformation eschatologically. His belief in the Devil made him look medieval from the perspective of the
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