Church mother the writings of a Protestant reformer in sixteenth-century Germany

Zell, Katharina, 1497-1497 or 1498-1562. (Author). McKee, Elsie Anne. (Added Author).

Summary: Imbued with character and independence, strength and articulateness, humor and conviction, abundant biblical knowledge and intense compassion, Katharina Schütz Zell (1498?1562) was an outspoken religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry and the responsibility of lay people?women as well as men?to proclaim the Gospel. As one of the first and most daring models of the pastor?s wife in the Protestant Reformation, Schütz Zell demonstrated that she could be an equal partner in marriage; she was for many years a respected, if unofficial, mother of.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226979687 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0226979687 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780226979663 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0226979660 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780226979670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0226979679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxix, 267 pages).
Publisher: Chicago [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:apr.11.13 Multi-User. CatMonthString:apr.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Letter to the suffering women of the community in Kentzingen -- Katharina Schütz's apologia for Master Matthew Zell, her husband -- Some Christian and comforting songs of praise about Jesus Christ our Savior -- Lament and exhortation of Katharina Zell to the people at the grave of Master Matthew Zell -- The Miserere Psalm meditated, prayed, and paraphrased with King David by Katharina Zell--, sent to the Christian man Sir Felix Armbruster -- To Caspar Schwenckfeld -- A letter to the whole citizenship of the city of Strasbourg from Katharina Zell, --concerning Mr. Ludwig Rabus -- Letter of Ludwig Rabus to Katharina Schütz Zell.
Language Note:	Translated from the German.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.