Justice, civil morality and criminal law reforms were transformative and well documented principl... more Justice, civil morality and criminal law reforms were transformative and well documented principles in the Reformation. Efforts to export these behavioural and relational norms were fundamental to the 16th century socio-political education movement. Along with all other Protestant reformation neighbourhoods, Lutherans promoted universal literacy and developed a good public school system. Reformers rejected the sacrament of penance and its underlying rationale for extracting confessions through physical torture of defendants. They emphasized instead, the importance of transforming leadership, strengthening civic morality, and rehabilitating convicted offenders. These academic, cultural and theological imperatives continue to impact reformers 500 years later.
Justice, civil morality and criminal law reforms were transformative and well documented principl... more Justice, civil morality and criminal law reforms were transformative and well documented principles in the Reformation. Efforts to export these behavioural and relational norms were fundamental to the 16th century socio-political education movement. Along with all other Protestant reformation neighbourhoods, Lutherans promoted universal literacy and developed a good public school system. Reformers rejected the sacrament of penance and its underlying rationale for extracting confessions through physical torture of defendants. They emphasized instead, the importance of transforming leadership, strengthening civic morality, and rehabilitating convicted offenders. These academic, cultural and theological imperatives continue to impact reformers 500 years later.
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