The Early English Dissenters 1550 - 1641

by Burrage, Champlin

• ISBN13: 9781107663428
• ISBN10: 1107663423
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-12
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Originally published in 1912, this book forms part of a two-volume set on English Dissent between 1550 and 1641. The first volume concentrates on the historical development of Dissent and the various groups who agitated against the centralized power of the Church of England. The second volume gathers together a selection of primary source documents relating to Dissenter movements. Both volumes contain a comprehensive index and illustrative figures. Together these books provide a detailed introduction to the English Dissenters that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Christianity.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Foreword

The Anabaptists in England before 1612

The gradual growth of Puritanism and its contribution to the development of English Separatism until 1581

Robert Browne and the organization of the first English Congregational church

The rise of the Barrowists

The Barrowists under the leadership of Francis Johnson until 1597

The Barrowists on the continent

Certain obscure Barrowist and Separatist congregations between 1588 and 1641

The Family of Love and the English Seekers

The first two English Anabaptist congregations and their leaders

The congregation of English Anabaptists under the leadership of Thomas Helwys and John Murton

The English General, or Arminian, Anabaptists between 1624 and 1642

The rise of the Independents

The history of Henry Jacob's independent Puritan congregation in London; and the story of the rise of the English Particular, or Calvinistic, Anabaptists

Appendix. A critical examination of the Gould manuscript

The churches of New England until about 1641

An additional note concerning the book entitled Truth's Champion

An additional note relating to A very plain and well grounded treatise concerning Baptisme

The latest discovery relating to John Wilkinson

The will of Ann Robinson, mother of John Robinson, pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers

Did any English General Anabaptist practise immersion before 1641?

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