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  • Summary: The question of the value and validity of monastic vows arose in Wittenberg because of Luther's tract, On the Freedom of a Christian, as well as because of his advice to monks to leave their monasteries. Karlstadt here argues that vows of monastic obedience prevent men and women from following God's commands. Karlstadt was the first of the Protestant Reformers to repudiate the validity of monastic vows.
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    Von gelubden unterrichtung

    Karlstadt, Andreas Rudolff-Bodenstein von, 1486-1541
    Summary: The question of the value and validity of monastic vows arose in Wittenberg because of Luther's tract, On the Freedom of a Christian, as well as because of his advice to monks to leave their monasteries. Karlstadt here argues that vows of monastic obedience prevent men and women from following God's commands. Karlstadt was the first of the Protestant Reformers to repudiate the validity of monastic vows.
    Date Created
    1521
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    Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Summary: The question of the value and validity of monastic vows arose in Wittenberg because of Luther's tract, On the Freedom of a Christian, as well as because of his advice to monks to leave their monasteries. Karlstadt here argues that vows of monastic obedience prevent men and women from following God's commands. Karlstadt was the first of the Protestant Reformers to repudiate the validity of monastic vows.
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