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Author Johnson, Phillip D., author.

Title Arnold of Brescia : apostle of liberty in twelfth-century Europe / Phillip D. Johnson ; foreword by Paul R. Sponheim
Published Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 169 pages)
Contents Lay of the land -- Studying with Peter Abelard -- The community of San Pietro and the commune of Brescia -- On the move -- Pastor of the republic of Rome -- Martyr
Summary Arnold of Brescia (ca 1100-1155), exiled twice and finally martyred, takes us into the student world of Paris during the blossoming of the twelfth-century Renaissance, through an infamous heresy trial, to teaching in Paris, then Zurich, and into Rome where he was the spiritual leader of the city for almost a decade. Arnold believed the church should be separate from civil government. He supported the revived Roman Senate and the Roman people who were foremost among the many who loved and admired him. An Augustinian canon regular, Arnold made the authorities, ecclesiastical and imperial, tremble
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (M. Th.)--Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1988 under title: The ministries of Arnaldo of Brescia
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Subject Arnaldo, da Brescia, -1155.
Arnaldo, da Brescia, -1155
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498275798
1498275796