单词 | re-reformation |
释义 | re-reformationn. A second or further reformation; spec. a religious movement seeking either to go beyond or to undo the Reformation (reformation n.1 3b). Cf. Counter-Reformation n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Reformation > [noun] > new re-reformation1564 1564 A. Golding in tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius To Rdr. sig. *v v Howbeit euen as the commoditie is great if we reade and peruse Histories aduisedly: so it nothyng auayleth, if we purpose not to put in vre thxamples of the true & vndistayned vertue..for the rereformation of our liues. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 107 God continue to us the light of this Reformation,..and we shall not need any such re-Reformation, or super-Reformation. 1691 T. Beverley Thousand Years' Kingdom 7 The Antichristian, and Turkish Tyranny shall Fall, and a Great Re-Reformation Ensue. a1739 S. Wesley Poems Several Occasions (1862) 636 From re-reformation, or Rome at the gate; May we be deliver'd. 1832 Millennial Harbinger 3 82 I do fear there is need in many instances of reformation, re-reformation, and even re-re-reformation. 1898 Times 30 Aug. 9/5 The Reformation..was brought on by the sale of prospective absolutions on terms adapted to the purchasers. These sellers of retrospective ones..will some day bring on the re-reformation which is getting more and more needed. 1942 Jrnl. Philos. 39 607 What Kierkegaard most wanted was to rescue Protestantism from finiteness by means of a re-Reformation. 2005 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 11 May 9 The Vatican's obstinacy may yet kindle a Re-Reformation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1564 |
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