Reformation within the European History

歐洲歷史框架內的宗教改革

福爾克．雷平(Volker Leppin) ； 鄭玉英(Yu-ying Cheng)

《台灣神學論刊》 45期 (2018/12) Pp. 1-28

https://doi.org/10.29756/TJT.201812_(45).0002

摘要

This study aims to provide an understanding of the significance of the Reformation within the European History. In traditional European historiography, the Reformation is typically interpreted as a radical movement and as a sharp break from Europe's medieval past. However, such a division of eras is not crystal clear, but relative. In reality, the events in question cannot be thoroughly understood in terms of chronological division. Therefore, the researchers used the term ＂transformation＂ in the current study, which simultaneously conveys the continuity and change. Therefore, the Reformation represents (1) the transformation of godliness, (2) the transformation of the church's hierarchical system, and (3)the transformation of the ultramontane church into a decentralized church. Among the developments cited, the third had the longest lasting effect. Up until today, centralized and decentralized church systems continue to exemplify the differences between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Church.

關鍵字

European history ； reformation ； transformation ； Roman Catholic ； Protestant church

並列摘要

本文以歐洲歷史為框架，來理解宗教改革的意義。在傳統歐洲歷史學中，宗教改革常被詮釋為是一激進並且是與中世紀的決裂。這樣的時代劃分其實是相當相對性的。事實上，不能從時代劃分的概念去深入理解這些事件，因此本文使用「轉型」一詞，因為它同時表達了延續性和轉變的意思。因此宗教改革表達：（1）虔敬精神的轉型；（2）教會階級制度的轉型；（3）以教宗為中心的教會轉型為去中央集權的教會。在上述的各種發展路線中，最後一項之影響最為持久。中央集權與去中央集權的特色，到如今仍然有效凸顯出羅馬天主教會和新教教會特質之間的差異。

並列關鍵字

歐洲歷史 ； 宗教改革 ； 轉型 ； 羅馬天主教 ； 新教教會