Download or read book Calvinism in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth 1548-1648 written by Kazimierz Bem and published by St Andrews Studies in Reformat. This book was released on 2020 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offers an in-depth history of the Reformed Churches in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in their first hundred yers. Dr. Kazimierz Bem analyses church polity, liturgy, the practices of Calvinist church discipline and piety, and the reasons for conversion to and from Calvinism in all strata of the society. Drawing on extensive research in primary sources, Dr. Bem challenges the dominant narrative of Protestant decline after 1570 and argues for a continued flourishing of Calvinism in the Commonwealth until the 1630s"--