Law and Revelation

by Chapman, Raymond

• ISBN13: 9781853119910
• ISBN10: 1853119911
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Canterbury Pr Norwich

Summary

When Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558, little more than two decades after the break with Rome, the identity of Church of England was far from settled. After the religious persecution and intransigence which had marked the reigns of Edward and Mary, the questions were many and urgent. Elizabeth and her advisers were convinced of the need for a stable national church influenced neither by extreme Roman claims nor those of the Puritan party. Both sources of opposition were making their presence felt, but the latter, freshly enthused by the teachings of Calvin, Luther and Zwingli and increasingly radical, began to challenge not only the structure of the Church of England but also its doctrine. It was in defence of these attacks that Richard Hooker, then Master of the Temple Church in London, set out to record his views on church order and government.

Author Biography

Raymond Chapman is Emeritus Professor of English in the University of London.

Table of Contents

Editorial note	p. vi
Sources	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Preface Concerning the present state of the Church of God	p. 24
Book One Concerning Laws and their several kinds in general	p. 32
Book Two Concerning Sufficiency of Holy Scripture	p. 53
Book Three That which the general principles and rules of Scripture potentially claim	p. 63
Book Four To alter unnecessarily the ancient received custom of the whole Church	p. 82
Book Five The general maintenance and defence of our whole Church service	p. 94
Book Six Matter belonging to the power of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction	p. 178
Book Seven Whether Ecclesiastical regiment by Bishops be lawful in the Church	p. 189
Book Eight The Church and Commonwealth do flourish together	p. 200
Glossary	p. 213
Further reading	p. 215
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