Download or read book The Reformation of the Keys written by Ronald K. Rittgers and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the role of Lutheran private confession in the German Reformation, which was part of a fundamental transformation to rid the Church and society of alleged clerical abuses and had profound implications for the use of religious authority in 16th-century Germany.