History A-Level
Religious discipline and social control
What Religious discipline and social control means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Religious discipline and social control
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Genevan Calvinism relied on the Ecclesiastical Ordinances, enforcing discipline via the Consistory.
Topics that use Religious discipline and social control
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The second wave of Protestant Reform, 1541–1564 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ecclesiastical authority vs political power
- Heresy and orthodoxy
- Theological division and unity
- Theological evolution
- Church organisation
- Exile and practical ministry
- Humanism and education
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