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Melanchthon and Calvin on confession and communion. Early modern Protestant penitential and eucharistic piety . By Herman A. Speelman . (Refo500 Academic Studies, 14.) Pp. 362. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , 2016. [euro]100. 978 3 525 55041 0
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This book, divided into four parts, presents in English material previously published in three earlier books treating Melanchthon's view on penance, and Calvin's views on confession, church discipline and on the eucharist, as well as material from some lectures. This has resulted in some repetition, and un-evenness. At the heart of the book is the two reformers' search for a balance between Gospel freedom and 'Christian penitential confession', or the practice of the imitation of Christ. Much of the book is concerned with Calvin's pastoral counselling and education at home, in...