The emergence of pastoral authority in the French reformed Church, c. 1555 - c. 1572)

The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church, c.1555-c.1572 offers an account of the issues and ambiguities connected to the implementation of the authority of the first generation of Geneva-trained French Reformed pastors. Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Editorial Note Spelling Consistency Translations Introduction 1. Time of Harvest: Informal Instruments of Pastoral Authority and the La Vau Affair in Poitiers 1 Plural Influences on the French Reformation: Sebastian Castellio 2 The Evangelical Congregation of Poitiers and the Impact of Reformed Preaching 3 “Une zizanie mauvaise de discorde”: Jean Saint-Vertunien de La Vau 4 “Ils sont condamnés par eux-mêmes”: Dealing with Dissent in an Early Reformed Congregation 2. “Ceux qui s’y trouverent, sçavent”: A Meeting of Pastors in Paris (May 1559) 1 Prosecution of Heresy under the Reign of Henri II 2 The First National Synod of 1559: Between Legend and History 3 Issues of Sources and the Anticipation of Reception 3. The ‘National Debut’ of the French Reformed Movement (c.1559–c.1561) 1 When All Hope Is Gone: The Guise Rule and the Search for an ‘Outer Haven’ 2 A Polyptych of Pamphlets: A Self-Confident and Assertive Rhetoric 3 The Colloquy of Poissy: Adjusting the Rhetoric for the ‘National Debut’ 4. The Institutional Turn: Negotiating the Limits of Pastoral Authority 1 The Confession de foi’s Model of Pastoral Authority 2 “On ne sçait pas celles qu’on doit adopter”: The Changing Forms and Limits of the Discipline ecclésiastique 3 A Litmus Test: The Aftermath of the La Vau Affair 4 An Appealing Preacher: Mathurin Sibelleau and the Congregation of Loudun 5 Inner and Outer Threats to Pastoral Authority 5. The Multiple Battlefields of Pastoral Authority: Quarrelsome Pastors and Scandalous Books 1 The Genevan System and French Reformed Practices of Book Censorship 2 The Evangelical Conventicle of Nîmes Turns Reformed 3 The Mauget-Mutonis Affair: The Teething Trouble of Pastoral Authority 4 Deploying Women and the Laity for Polemical Purposes: The Declaration du mystere, ou secret de Dieu 6. The Jean Morély Affair (c.1562–c.1572): Church Polity, Ecclesiastical Discipline 1 The Early Career of an Itinerant Theologian 2 “Redime me à calumniis hominum”: Criticisms of Pastoral Authority in the Traicté de la discipline et police chrestienne (1562) 3 “Plus dangereux que les persecutions”: The Enduring Character of the Morély Affair 7. Questioning the Ministry of the Word of God: The ‘Double Conversion’ of a Reformed Pastor 1 The Rise and Fall of an Outstanding Minister 2 Conversion Narratives 3 “Historien de la faute detestable que i’ay commise”: Redemption Narratives Conclusion Bibliography Manuscript sources Archives d’État, Geneva Pièces historiques Procès criminels Registres du Conseil Bibliothèque de Genève, Geneva Manuscrits français Manuscrits latins Bibliothèque de la Société de l’Histoire du Protestantisme Français, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Manuscrits Français Fonds Dupuy Bodleian Library, Oxford Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden Printed Sources Archbishop Marsh’s Library, Dublin Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich Bibliothèque de Genève, Geneva Bibliothèque de la Société de l’Histoire du Protestantisme Français, Paris Fonds André Réserve Bibliothèque de Rennes-Métropole, Rennes Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Institut d’Histoire de la Réformation / Musée Historique de la Réformation, Geneva Zentralbibliothek Zürich Other Printed Sources Edited Sources Secondary Literature Name Index Time of harvest : informal instruments of pastoral authority and the La Vau affair in Poitiers (c. 1555-1557) -- "Ceux qui s'y trouverent, sçavent" : a meeting of pastors in Paris (May 1559) -- The 'national debut' of the French Reformed Movement -- The institutional turn : negotiating the limits of pastoral authority -- The multiple battlefields of pastoral authority : quarrelsome pastors and scandalous books in Lower Languedoc (c. 1561-1563) -- The Jean Morély Affair (c. 1562-c.1572) : church polity, ecclesiastical discipline, and the authority of pastors -- Questioning the ministry of the Word of God : the 'double conversion' of a Reformed pastor "In The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church, c.1555-c.1572, Gianmarco Braghi offers a broad overview of the issues and ambiguities connected to the implementation of the authority of the first generation of Geneva-trained French Reformed pastors and of their implications for the character and identity of the early French Reformed movement at large, using them as a prism for historical analysis of the transition to loose evangelicalism to a nascent synodal-consistorial network of Reformed congregations scattered across the kingdom of France"-- Provided by publisher In "The emergence of pastoral authority in the French reformed Church, c. 1555 - c. 1572", Gianmarco Braghi offers a broad overview of the issues and ambiguities connected to the implementation of the authority of the first generation of Geneva-trained French reformed pastors and of their implications for the character and identity of the early French reformed movement at large, using them as a prism for historical analysis of the transition from loose evangelicalism to a nascent synodal-consistorial network of reformed congregations scattered across the kingdom of France