Defining the Jacobean Church - The Politics of Religious Controversy, 1603-1625

Informationen zum Autor Charles W. A. Prior is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge. He is the editor of Mandeville and Augustan Ideas: New Essays (2002). Klappentext A new model for understanding religious debates in the churches of England and Scotland from 1603 1625. Zusammenfassung This 2005 book proposes a new model for understanding religious debates in the Churches of England and Scotland between 1603 and 1625. It argues that rival interpretations of scripture! pagan! and civil history and the sources central to the Christian tradition lay at the heart of disputes between contrasting ecclesiological visions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: defining the Church; 2. The language of ecclesiastical polity and Jacobean conformist thought; 3. Doctrine, law, and conflict over the Canons of 1604; 4. Apostoli, Episcopi, Divini?: models of ecclesiastical governance; 5. Bellum Ceremoniale: scripture, custom, and ceremonial practice; 6. Ceremonies, episcopacy, and the Scottish kirk; 7. Conclusion: narratives of civil and ecclesiastical authority.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Charles W. a. Prior, Charles W. A. (University of Cambridge) Prior, PRIOR CHARLES W A
• Mitarbeit: Anthony Fletcher (Herausgeber), John Guy (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 25.07.2005
• EAN: 9780521848763
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84876-3
• Seiten: 314
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte