Adiaphoristic controversy

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The Adiaphoristic controversy was a 16th-century theological dispute within Lutheranism over whether certain religious practices deemed "adiaphora" (indifferent things) could be accepted or mandated without compromising core doctrine.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Adiaphoristic Controversy 2
Adiaphoristic controversy canonical 1
Majoristic Controversy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century religious conflict ⓘ
Lutheran controversy ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
codifiedIn Formula of Concord ⓘ
concerns Christian freedom ⓘ
authority of secular rulers in church matters ⓘ
interpretation of Lutheran confessions ⓘ
limits of compromise with Roman Catholic practices ⓘ
relationship between doctrine and church ceremonies ⓘ
status of indifferent ceremonies in worship ⓘ
whether adiaphora may be imposed by authorities ⓘ
endTime approximately 1560 ⓘ
hasCause Augsburg Interim ⓘ
Leipzig Interim ⓘ
attempts to reconcile Protestants and Catholics after the Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
political pressure from Emperor Charles V ⓘ
hasToDoWith Christian theology ⓘ
Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
influenced Article X of the Formula of Concord ⓘ
later Lutheran confessional identity ⓘ
keyFigure Elector Maurice of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Pfeffinger ⓘ
Matthias Flacius Illyricus ⓘ
Nicholas von Amsdorf ⓘ
Philipp Melanchthon ⓘ
linked to: Philip Melanchthon
languageOfPrimarySources German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
location Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Wittenberg ⓘ
mainTopic adiaphora ⓘ
positionHeld Gnesio-Lutheran party rejected acceptance of adiaphora when demanded by opponents of the gospel ⓘ
Melanchthonian party allowed certain ceremonies as adiaphora under political pressure ⓘ
relatedTo Augsburg Interim ⓘ
Gnesio-Lutheran movement ⓘ
linked to: Gnesio-Lutherans

Leipzig Interim ⓘ
Philippist party ⓘ
confessionalization in early modern Germany ⓘ
doctrine of Christian liberty ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheranism ⓘ
result clarification of Lutheran teaching on adiaphora ⓘ
deep division among early Lutherans ⓘ
formation of Gnesio-Lutheran (genuine Lutheran) opposition ⓘ
startTime 1548 ⓘ
theologicalIssue extent to which external rites may be altered without betraying the gospel ⓘ
whether ceremonies indifferent in themselves cease to be indifferent under persecution ⓘ
timePeriod post-Schmalkaldic War era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jakob Andreae → participantIn → Adiaphoristic controversy ⓘ
Osiandrian controversy → chronologicallyPrecedes → Majoristic controversy ⓘ
linked to: Adiaphoristic controversy
Andreas Musculus → participantIn → Adiaphoristic Controversy ⓘ
linked to: Adiaphoristic controversy
Gnesio-Lutherans → associatedWithEvent → Adiaphoristic Controversy ⓘ
linked to: Adiaphoristic controversy
Gnesio-Lutherans → associatedWithEvent → Majoristic Controversy ⓘ
linked to: Adiaphoristic controversy