Defining the Jacobean Church : the politics of religious controversy, 1603-1625 / Charles W.A. Prior.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prior, Charles W. A.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

Religious disputations--England--History--17th century.

Religious disputations.

Great Britain--History--James I, 1603-1625.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

"This book proposes a new model for understanding religious debates in the churches of England and Scotland between 1603 and 1625. Setting aside 'narrow' analyses of conflict over predestination, its theme is ecclesiology - the nature of the church, its rites and governance, and its relationship to the early Stuart political world. Drawing on a substantial number of polemical works, from sermons to books of several hundreds of pages, it argues that rival interpretations of scripture, pagan and civil history, and the sources central to the Christian historical tradition lay at the heart of disputes between proponents of contrasting ecclesiological visions. Some saw the church as a blend of spiritual and political elements - a state church - while others insisted that the life of the spirit should be free from civil authority. As the reign went on these positions hardened and they made a major contribution to the religious divisions of the 1640s."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : defining the church

:anguage of ecclesiastical polity and Jacobean conformist thought

Doctrine, law, and conflict over the canons of 1604

Apostoli, episcopi, divini? : models of ecclesiastical governance

Bellum ceremoniale : scripture, custom, and ceremonial practice

Ceremonies, episcopacy, and the Scottish Kirk

Conclusion : narratives of civil and ecclesiastical authority.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-285) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781107406889

1107406889

OCLC:

945663206

Publisher Number:

99985070238