John Lightfoot''s Journals of the Westminster Assembly

This edition brings together the four volumes of John Lightfoot's journals, covering a period in the author's life when he was a member of the famous 'assembly of divines' meeting in Westminster Abbey, supplementing the formal minutes with his own observations on religious debates, riots outside parliament, and complicated assembly dynamics.

List of contents

• Introduction


• John Lightfoot's Journals


• Volume I: 'A BREIFE JOURNAL of Passages in the Assembly of Divines'


• Volume II: 'UPON the Discipline and Liturgy'


• Volume III: 'THIS day I was at Munden. . . '.


• Volume IV: 'A Further Journall of Passages in the Assembly from Easter 1644'


• Draft Documents and Miscellanea


• Members of the Westminster assembly and Scottish commissioners


• Cross-reference to the Pitman edition

About the author

Chad Van Dixhoorn (PhD, Cambridge University) is professor of church history and director of the Craig Center for the study of the Westminster Standards at Westminster Theological Seminary. He also serves as an honorary research fellow at the University of East Anglia. Van Dixhoorn has held a number of additional teaching and pastoral positions and has been widely recognized for his publication of a five-volume work on the Westminster Assembly, The Minutes and Papers of the Westminster Assembly, 1643-1652.

Summary

This edition brings together the four volumes of John Lightfoot's journals, covering a period in the author's life when he was a member of the famous 'assembly of divines' meeting in Westminster Abbey, supplementing the formal minutes with his own observations on religious debates, riots outside parliament, and complicated assembly dynamics.

Product details

• Authors: Dixhoorn, Chad van Dixhoorn, Kaplan, Chad Van Dixhoorn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9780198835516
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883551-6
• No. of pages: 608
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700