Defining the Jacobean Church: The Politics of Religious Controversy, 1603–1625

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Cambridge University Press, 25 lip 2005
This 2005 book proposes a 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 hundred 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.

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The language of ecclesiastical polity and Jacobean
22
Doctrine law and conflict over the Canons of 1604
65
models of ecclesiastical governance
113
scripture custom and ceremonial practice
158
Ceremonies episcopacy and the Scottish Kirk
204
narratives of civil and ecclesiastical authority
252
Bibliography
266
Index
286
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