Résumé
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John Knox, theoretician of democracy, pioneer of compulsory education and major figure of Scottish literature, was the founder of Calvinism in Scotland and one of the first architects of the union of his country with England. The dramatic life of this cleric of humble origins was marked by opposition and combat. He entered the world sword in hand, reluctantly accepted the vocation of preacher in a besieged fortress, spent nineteen months in the galleys, preached to both soldiers and monarchs, evaded killers and being burned at the stake and was still obliged to flee, even in exile. He married, despite opposition from his wife’s family, invented agitprop while in France, transformed a riot into a revolution, stood up to three queens - reducing one of them to tears - introduced democracy into the Church of Scotland, married a seventeen-year-old heiress when he was fifty, survived a civil war, died and became a myth venerated by some and despised by others. Yet he chose to suppress his inner life and it was his spirituality that fired his struggles to reform the Church and combat tyranny, corruption and ignorance. He attacked not only the idols of controversial dogmata, but also pride and selfishness in the highest and the lowest in the land. Now that his principles of justice and equality have prevailed, it is mainly through his spiritual life that he affects readers, whether believers or non-believers, and achieves that durability of faith which, to him, constitutes the Church in its historical development since Abraham and the Prophets. His understanding of men, his experience of suffering and his courage - despite his shortcomings or thanks to them - make him one of the most engaging among the Reformers.
Auteur
Caractéristiques
Éditeur : Éditions du Cerf
Publication : 5 avril 2013
Intérieur : Noir & blanc
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Contenu(s) : ePub
Protection(s) : DRM Adobe (ePub)
Taille(s) : 973 ko (ePub)
Langue(s) : Français
Code(s) CLIL : 4034, 3378
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9782204123709
EAN13 (papier) : 9782204098885
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