Ecclesiastical Law, Clergy and Laity - A History of Legal Discipline and the Anglican Church

Based on author's thesis (B.D - University of Oxford, 2017) issued under title: How has the legal framework of the Church of England acted since 1688 to inhibit the effective exercise of ecclesiastical discipline?

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Toleration and its Effects; 2. The Old Discipline Lingers; 3. A Century of Doctrine Trials 1775-1871; 4. Law Defied – the Ritualists; 5. The Yearning to Fence the Altar; 6. Reluctance to Discipline; 7. The Lingering Temptation; Conclusion;

About the author

Revd Neil Patterson (MA BD) is Director of Vocations and Ordinands (Hereford), Rural Dean of Hereford, and a Member of the General Synod and the Ecclesiastical Law Society. He has published on ecclesiastical issues in books and periodicals.

Summary

This book presents a scholarly engagement with the way in which legal discipline has evolved within the Church of England since 1688. It explores how the Church of England has come to be without means of effective legal discipline in matters of controversy, whether liturgical, doctrinal, or moral.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Patterson, Neil Sydney Patterson, Revd Neil Patterson, Patterson Neil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780815352648
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5264-8
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Law and Religion; Law and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, HISTORY / General, LAW / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, LAW / Legal History, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture, RELIGION / Christian Church / Canon & Ecclesiastical Law, RELIGION / Christian Church / Administration, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Adult, History of Religion, Church history, RELIGION / Christian Living / Professional Growth, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England, Ecclesiastical (canon) law, Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law