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Matthias Schneckenburger

Theologian whose comparative studies of Calvinism and Lutheranism are referenced by Weber.

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Also known as Schneckenburger

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Matthias Schneckenburger shows up with force in C. Methodism. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Cited for his observation that Methodism's emotional character was connected to a less intensive development of the sense of sin.
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In C. Methodism: Cited for his observation that Methodism's emotional character was connected to a less intensive development of the sense of sin.

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The emotional peak occurs in the sheer accumulation of scholarly citations, each footnote a desperate, obsessi…

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