After reading this article you will learn about the political ideas of the Church. Christianity or church, per se, did not propagate any political doctrine or ideas and it was not the purpose. But its sermons—preached among the people belonging to all sections of society—contained the germs of certain political concepts which were treated by the great academics as remarkable [...]
This article throws light upon the three main political ideas of Calvin. The political ideas are: 1. Reformation 2. State and State-Church Relation 3. Passive Obedience or Non-Resistance. Political Idea # 1. Reformation: Reformation movement under the leadership of Luther could not make any remarkable headway. The French leader John Calvin injected a new lease of life into Reformation and [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the political ideas of Ulrich Zwingli. The all-pervasive corruption and the political ambition of church spread to Switzerland. During the 15th century, Swiss reformers started agitation against the church and the leadership was given by Ulrich Zwingli. Ulrich Zwingli claimed that his reform was independent of Luther's, that he had been teaching [...]