Protestant Reformation in France and its Impact on Catholic Believers: The Holy Mass and the worship of saints Cover Image

Reforma protestantă în Franța și impactul ei asupra credincioșilor catolici: Missa și cultul sfinților
Protestant Reformation in France and its Impact on Catholic Believers: The Holy Mass and the worship of saints

Author(s): Vasile-Robert Nechifor
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: EDITURA ARHIEPISCOPIEI DUNĂRII DE JOS
Keywords: Protestant Reformation; Mass; Saints worship; huguenots; Calvin; Sixteen-Century France;

Summary/Abstract: Protestant Reformation fueled important changes in Sixteenth-Century Europe, with each state reacting in a different way to the new religious movement. In France, the teachings of Luther, Zwingli, and then Calvin affected the Catholic population both religiously and socially, believers witnessing both their faith and their lifestyle being threatened. The present study provides a brief account of the way in which the expansion of French Protestantism affected two of the essential coordinates of the religious life of the Catholic population: the Holy Mass and the worship of saints.

  • Issue Year: 19/2021
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 291-303
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian