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The laws of ecclesiastical polity : in modern English / edited by Bradford Littlejohn, Bradley Belschner, and Brian Marr, with Sean Duncan.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection BV649 .H805 2019 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 1554-1600.
- Series:
- Library of early English Protestantism.
- Library of early English Protestantism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England.
- Church of England--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.
- Anglican Communion--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.
- Anglican Communion.
- Church polity--Early works to 1800.
- Church polity.
- Ecclesiastical law--Early works to 1800.
- Ecclesiastical law.
- Anglican Communion--Doctrines.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Moscow, ID : The Davenant Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Volume 1: Preface - Book IV
- Volume 2
- Volume 3
- Volume 1:
- A Preface to those who seek a reformation (as they call it) of the ecclesiastical laws in England
- My purpose in writing
- Calvin, Geneva, and the origins of Presbyterianism
- Why the people favor this cause
- Why the learned favor this cause
- A blueprint for public debate
- The necessity of submitting to judgment
- An outline of the remaining books
- The dire consequences of radicalism
- Conclusion
- Book I: concerning law and its general kinds
- The need for this investigation
- The eternal law of God himself
- The law of nature
- The celestial law
- The law by which man imitates God
- Human reason and the knowledge of the good
- Human will and the pursuit of the good
- How men discern the good
- The rewards of goodness
- Why we need human laws and political societies
- Man's need for God and need for scripture
- Why scripture restates the natural law
- The benefit of written scriptures
- The sufficiency of scripture unto the purpose for which it was instituted
- Why some scriptural commands are changeable
- Why all this matter
- Book II: concerning the claim that scripture is the only rule to govern human actions
- How far does the authority of scripture extend?
- Doing all things to the glory of God
- Must all things be sanctified by the word of God?
- Acting without clear direction from scripture
- [Chapter 5 omitted]
- Arguments from scripture's silence
- The proper weight of human authority
- The right way to understand the authority of scripture
- Book III: concerning the claim that scripture necessarily contains an unchangeable system of church polity
- Defining the church
- Must scripture contain a complete system of church government? Church government is not a matter of salvation
- We do not dishonor scripture
- The word of God and the words of man
- All churches add laws beyond scripture
- The appeals to "general rules of scripture
- Reason may also serve as a tool of the Spirit
- The right use of reason in devising church laws
- Why scriptural commands may not always bind
- Can biblical laws be changed?
- Book IV: a response to the claim that our church is corrupted with Popish forms of worship
- The importance of liturgy
- Their demand for apostolic simplicity
- The charge that we follow Rome
- Must all Roman ceremonies go?
- The status of the medieval church
- Are Papists the same as Canaanites?
- The example of the early church
- The danger of swerving to the opposite extreme
- It does not matter what Rome thinks of our liturgy
- The laments of "the godly"
- The charge that our ceremonies are Judaizing
- Stumbling-blocks for weaker brethren
- Conformity to foreign reformed churches
- In defense of the Church of England's proceeding.
- Volume 2:
- Volume 3:
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781949716917
- 1949716910
- OCLC:
- 1090540379
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