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Philipp of Hesse's View of the Relationship of Prince and Church

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Alton O. Hancock
Alton O. Hancock
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Assistant Professor of Religion, Centenary College of Louisiana
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Philipp of Hesse's style as a Christian prince had some unusual aspects. He came under the influence of the Reformation during a formative period for himself and his territory and developed his princely self-understanding and the ecclesiastical constitution of Hesse in dialogue with the evangelical movement. Both the man and the land bore the indelible stamp of the encounter.

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Church History , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , June 1966 , pp. 157 - 169
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1966

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