Moderate Puritans and the Elizabethan Church - Rilegato

Lake, Peter

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521240107 ISBN 13: 9780521240109

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Riassunto

An analysis of the careers and opinions of a series of divines who passed through the University of Cambridge between 1560 and 1600.

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Descrizione del libro

This book is an examination of the puritanism of a series of divines, including Dering, Cartwright, Whitaker and Chaderton, all of whom passed through the University of Cambridge between 1560 and 1600. Dr Lake gives a detailed analysis of their careers and opinions.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction: Laurence Chaderton and the problem of puritanism; 2. Moderate beginnings: the case of Edward Dering; 3. Chaderton's puritanism: his presbyterianism; his role in the university; the balance of the moderate position; 4. The moderate puritan divine as anti-papal polemicist; 5. Thomas Cartwright: the search for the centre and the threat of separation; 6. William Whitaker's position as refracted through his anti-papal polemic; 7. Theory into practice: puritan practical divinity in the 1580s and 1590s; 8. William Whitaker at St John's: the puritan scholar as administrator; 9. The theological disputes of the 1590s: the opening shots; the Lambeth Articles: John Whitgift and Calvinism; the case of Peter Baro; 10. Conformity: Chaderton's response to the Hampton Court Conference; 11. William Bradshaw: moderation in extremity; 12. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0521240107
• ISBN 13: 9780521240109
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile