English evangelicals and Tudor obedience, c. 1527-1570 / by Ryan M. Reeves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeves, Ryan M., author.

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 167.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 167

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obedience--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--16th century.

Obedience.

Evangelicalism--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Evangelicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The heart of this book lies in the important discovery that a pivotal Tudor argument in favor of the Royal Supremacy—the argument from Psalm 82 that earthly kings are ‘gods’ on this earth—is in fact Zwinglian in origin. This teaching from Psalm 82, which originated in Zurich in the mid-1520's, was soon used extensively in England to justify the Supremacy, and English evangelicals—from Tyndale to Cranmer—unanimously embraced this Protestant argument in their writings on political obedience. The discovery of this link shows conclusive, textual proof of the ‘Zurich Connection’ between Swiss political teachings and those popular under Tudor kings. This study argues, then, that evangelical attitudes towards royal authority were motivated by the assumption that Protestantism supported ‘godly kingship’ over against ‘papal tyranny’. As such, it is the first monograph to find a vital connection between early Swiss Protestant similar teachings on obedience and later teachings by evangelicals.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ryan M. Reeves

Introduction / Ryan M. Reeves

‘Ye Gods’: Political Obedience from Tyndale to Cromwell, c. 1528–1540 / Ryan M. Reeves

English Evangelicals, Persecution, and Obedience, 1540–1547 / Ryan M. Reeves

Henrician Rhetoric and Godly Josiah: Obedience and Edward VI (1547–1553) / Ryan M. Reeves

‘That Outrageous Pamphlet’: Obedience and Resistance, c. 1553–1558 / Ryan M. Reeves

‘If the Prince Shall Forbid’: Divisions over Evangelical Obedience in the 1560's / Ryan M. Reeves

Conclusion / Ryan M. Reeves

Bibliography / Ryan M. Reeves

Index / Ryan M. Reeves.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-209) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26174-5

OCLC:

894170724