Troeltsch, Ernst, 1865-1923.

The social teaching of the Christian churches. Translated by Olive Wyon; with an introd. by H. Richard Niebuhr. - New York, Harper [1960- - v. ; 21 cm. - Harper torchbooks, TB71- The Cloister library . - Harper torchbooks. Cloister library ; TB71. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. 1. The foundations in the early church. The gospel -- Paul -- Early Catholicism -- Pt. 2. Mediaeval Catholicism. The problem -- Early social developments as the basis of the Mediaeval unity of civilization -- The territorial church period of the early Middle Ages -- The reaction in favour of the universal church and the Catholic unity of civilization -- The significance of ascetism in the system of Mediaeval life -- Relative approximation of the actual forms of social life to the ecclesiastical ideal -- The illumination of the theory of the ecclesiastical unity of civilization by the Thomist ethic -- Mediaeval social philosophy according to the principles of Thomism -- The absolute law of god and of nature, and the sects -- Pt. 3. Protestantism. The sociological problem of Protestantism -- Lutheranism -- Calvinism -- The sect-type and mysticism within Protestantism.

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Church and social problems--History.
Church history.

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261.83 / T843S