Defining the Jacobean Church : the politics of religious controversy, 1603-1625

315 Pages·2005·3.192 MB·English

by  Charles W A Prior

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Defining the Jacobean Church
Thisbookproposesanewmodelforunderstandingreligiousdebatesinthechurches
ofEnglandandScotlandbetween1603and1625.Settingaside‘narrow’analysesof
conflictoverpredestination,itsthemeisecclesiology–thenatureoftheChurch,its
ritesandgovernance,anditsrelationshiptotheearlyStuartpoliticalworld.Drawing
on a substantial number of polemical works, from sermons to books of several
hundredpages,itarguesthatrivalinterpretationsofscripture,paganandcivilhistory,
andthesourcescentraltotheChristianhistoricaltraditionlayattheheartofdisputes
betweenproponentsofcontrastingecclesiologicalvisions.SomesawtheChurchasa
blendofspiritualandpoliticalelements–astatechurch–whileothersinsistedthat
thelifeofthespiritshouldbefreefromcivilauthority.Asthereignwentonthese
positionshardenedandtheymadeamajorcontributiontothereligiousdivisionsof
the1640s.
CHARLES W.A. PRIOR isaResearch FellowintheFacultyof Historyatthe
University of Cambridge. He is the editor of Mandeville and Augustan ideas: new
essays(2000).

CambridgeStudiesinEarlyModernBritishHistory
Serieseditors
ANTHONY FLETCHER
EmeritusProfessorofEnglishSocialHistory,UniversityofLondon
JOHN GUY
Fellow,ClareCollege,Cambridge
JOHN MORRILL
ProfessorofBritishandIrishHistory,UniversityofCambridge,
andVice-MasterofSelwynCollege
Thisisaseriesofmonographsandstudiescoveringmanyaspectsofthehistoryofthe
BritishIslesbetweenthelatefifteenthcenturyandtheearlyeighteenthcentury.It
includestheworkofestablishedscholarsandpioneeringworkbyanewgenerationof
scholars.Itincludesbothreviewsandrevisionsofmajortopicsandbooks,which
openupnewhistoricalterrainorwhichrevealstartlingnewperspectivesonfamiliar
subjects.Allthevolumessetdetailedresearchintoourbroaderperspectivesandthe
booksareintendedfortheuseofstudentsaswellasoftheirteachers.
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DEFINING THE
JACOBEAN CHURCH
The Politics of Religious Controversy, 1603–1625
CHARLES W.A. PRIOR
UniversityofCambridge
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