Retaining the Old Episcopal Divinity - John Edwards of Cambridge Reformed Orthodoxy in Later Stuart Church

John Edwards of Cambridge (1637-1716) has typically been portrayed as a marginalized 'Calvinist' in an overwhelmingly 'Arminian' later Stuart Church of England. In Retaining the Old Episcopal Divinity, Jake Griesel challenges this depiction of Edwards and the theological climate of his contemporary Church.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Abbreviations


• 1. Introduction


• 2. Edwards' early works and the Socinian controversy


• 3. Edwards, Arminianism, and the battle for Church of England orthodoxy


• 4. Edwards' Reformed conforming contemporaries


• 5. Edwards' defence of a Reformed doctrine of faith and justification


• 6. Edwards, the 'Arian' controversy, churchmanship, and politics


• 7. The reception of Edwards' works


• 8. Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Jake Griesel is Lecturer in Church History and Anglican Studies at George Whitefield College, Cape Town, and Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology at North-West University, South Africa.

Summary

John Edwards of Cambridge (1637-1716) has typically been portrayed as a marginalized 'Calvinist' in an overwhelmingly 'Arminian' later Stuart Church of England. In Retaining the Old Episcopal Divinity, Jake Griesel challenges this depiction of Edwards and the theological climate of his contemporary Church.

Additional text

...very-well-written book.

Product details

• Authors: Jake Griesel, Jake (Lecturer in Church History and Angl Griesel, Jake (Lecturer in Church History and Anglican Studies & Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology Griesel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780197624326
• ISBN: 978-0-19-762432-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; History, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards