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Richard Snoddy offers a detailed study of the applied soteriology of the Irish reformer James Ussher. After locating Ussher in the ecclesiastical context of seventeenth-century Ireland and England, the book examines his teaching on the doctrines of atonement, justification, sanctification, and assurance. It considers their interconnection in his thought, as well as documenting his change of mind on a number of important issues.
List of contents
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Conventions
- Introduction
- 1. Vae Mihi Si Non Evangelizavero - The Preaching Prelate
- 2. Lubricus Locus - The Nature and Extent of the Atonement
- 3. 'This Sweet Doctrine' - Justification by Faith
- 4. 'An Imperfect Kinde of Perfection' - The Sanctified Life and Its Reward
- 5. 'The Comfortable Assurance of Our Salvation' - A Search for Certainty
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Richard Snoddy was born in Northern Ireland. He obtained his Ph.D. in Theology in 2011 from Middlesex University for research on James Ussher supervised at London School of Theology. Since 2009 he has been Visiting Lecturer at London School of Theology, teaching Church History, and since 2012 an Associate Research Fellow.
Summary
Richard Snoddy offers a detailed study of the applied soteriology of the Irish reformer James Ussher (1581-1656).
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Snoddy has made a major contribution to the field of historical theology with this work. His careful analysis of the thought of an eminent Reformed theologian will be indispensable to researchers at postgraduate level and beyond working in the fields of Reformed theology, Reformation-era preaching, polemic, and pastoral concern, and religious reform in the British Isles.
