Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
11-1-1932
Document Type
Article
Keywords
poland, sweden, german, catholic, thirty years war, counter-reformation, gustavus adolphus, hapsburg, protestant, austria, denmark, jesuits, wallenstein
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
The Thirty Years' War was the armed effort by which Romanism was to be restored to its domination of Europe. This counter-reformation was to be effective not only in Central Europe, but also in France, England, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden. In Sweden, Gustavus Vasa's son John, influenced by his Roman Catholic wife, a Polish princess, had sought the help of Catholic powers in his war against Russia and had published his Red Book, a liturgy composed in accord with the Council of Trent. Then he had invited the Jesuits to Sweden and had appealed to the Pope to order prayers everywhere for the restoration of the Roman Church in Scandinavia (but without naming Sweden).
Disciplines
History of Christianity
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Heintze, R W.
(1932)
"Gustavus Adolphus's Participation in the German War,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 3, Article 110.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol3/iss1/110
