Catalogus nr 5.indd - Den Hertog Bolland Rare Books

[ 8 ] BULLINGER, Heinrich (1504-1575). De scripturae sanctae authoritate, certitudine, firmitate etabsoluta perfectione, deque episcoporum, qui verbi dei ministri sunt, institutione & functione,contra superstitionis tyrannidisque Romanae antistites, ad sereniss. Angliae regem HeinrychumVIII. Heinrychi Bullingeri libri duo. Zürich, Christoph Froschauer, 1538. 4to. (8) 180 lvs. Modernhalf vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. 1.600,-First edition of one of the earliest reformed treatises on the doctrine of Scripture. As stated on the title-page, Descripturae sanctae authoritate consists of two books. In the first book, which mainly deals with Scripture, Bullinger’schief concern is to assert the superiority of Scripture against the claim of the Roman Catholic Church to haveauthority over Scripture and to be the custodian of extra-scriptural tradition. In the second (and much longer) book,dealing with more practical matters of church structure and church leadership, Bullinger discusses the developmentof the leadership of God’s people, the preparation for the tasks of ministry, the chief responsibilities of ministers,and last but not least, the claim of the bishop of Rome to headship over the church. - Title-page slightly soiled,margins of first few leaves stained, single wormhole through text of first eleven gatherings, and some marginalwormholes (affecting a few shoulder notes).VD 16 B 9685; Staedtke 111; Rudolphi 252; Vischer C 273; Kuczynski 147.