James Ussher: Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and EnglandOUP Oxford, 21 cze 2007 - 328 Though known today largely for dating the creation of the world to 4004BC, James Ussher (1581-1656) was an important scholar and ecclesiastical leader in the seventeenth century. As Professor of Theology at Trinity College Dublin, and Archbishop of Armagh from 1625, he shaped the newly protestant Church of Ireland. Tracing its roots back to St Patrick, he gave it a sense of Irish identity and provided a theology which was strongly Calvinist and fiercely anti-Catholic. In exile in England in the 1640s he advised both king and parliament, trying to heal the ever-widening rift by devising a compromise over church government. Forced finally to choose sides by the outbreak of civil war in 1642, Ussher opted for the royalists, but found it difficult to combine his loyalty to Charles with his detestation of Catholicism. A meticulous scholar and an extensive researcher, Ussher had a breathtaking command of languages and disciplines - 'learned to a miracle' according to one of his friends. He worked on a series of problems: the early history of bishops, the origins of Christianity in Ireland and Britain, and the implications of double predestination, making advances which were to prove of lasting significance. Tracing the interconnections between this scholarship and his wider ecclesiastical and political interests, Alan Ford throws new light on the character and attitudes of a seminal figure in the history of Irish Protestantism. |
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... Ireland, the never enough admired Usher'.21 As if to contradict Burnet, both Dryden and Dr Johnson added to the eulogies.22 The latter judged him 'the great luminary of the Irish church; and a greater', he added, 'no church could boast ...
... Ireland, the never enough admired Usher'.21 As if to contradict Burnet, both Dryden and Dr Johnson added to the eulogies.22 The latter judged him 'the great luminary of the Irish church; and a greater', he added, 'no church could boast ...
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... Irish church.4 But in 1600 their differences were more important than their similarities—they were divided by religion, age, and experience. Ussher was attending the firmly protestant Trinity College, he was only 19, and he had not yet ...
... Irish church.4 But in 1600 their differences were more important than their similarities—they were divided by religion, age, and experience. Ussher was attending the firmly protestant Trinity College, he was only 19, and he had not yet ...
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... IRISH The fact that Fitzsimon was the senior partner in the debate points to perhaps the most notable feature of ... Church of Ireland', in W. J. Shiels and Diana Wood (eds.), The Churches, Ireland and the Irish (Studies in Church ...
... IRISH The fact that Fitzsimon was the senior partner in the debate points to perhaps the most notable feature of ... Church of Ireland', in W. J. Shiels and Diana Wood (eds.), The Churches, Ireland and the Irish (Studies in Church ...
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... Church of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. The shallow nature of this loyalty was, however, exposed by the relative ease of the transition back to Catholicism under Mary.20 This flexibility was confirmed when the ...
... Church of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. The shallow nature of this loyalty was, however, exposed by the relative ease of the transition back to Catholicism under Mary.20 This flexibility was confirmed when the ...
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Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England Alan Ford. two Elizabethan parliaments, and took the oath of supremacy in 1560.23 The Anglo-Irish clergy were similarly disengaged, continuing to serve the cathedral of ...
Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and England Alan Ford. two Elizabethan parliaments, and took the oath of supremacy in 1560.23 The Anglo-Irish clergy were similarly disengaged, continuing to serve the cathedral of ...
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