The Consensus of Sandomierz. A Chapter from the Polish Reformation

Authors

Jaroslav Pelikan Jr, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

11-1-1947

Document Type

Article

Keywords

bohemian brethren, orthodox, polish, sandomierz, lutherans, poland, reformed, augsburg confession, communion

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

From April 9 to 14, 1570, representatives of Polish Calvinism, of Polish Lutheranism, and of the Bohemian Brethren met in the city of Sandomierz in southwestern Poland and signed a document acknowledging each other's confessions and doctrines as orthodox and looking forward to the time when all three could be united in one confession and one national Polish Church; that document was the so-called Consensus Sendomiriensis, the Consensus of Sandomierz. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the conditions which produced it, and to explain the circumstances under which it was adopted.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Pelikan, Jaroslav Jr (1947) "The Consensus of Sandomierz. A Chapter from the Polish Reformation," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 18, Article 69.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol18/iss1/69