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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in early modern British historyPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511126115
  • 9780511126116
  • 0511125623
  • 9780511125621
  • 0511125259
  • 9780511125256
  • 9780511495991
  • 0511495994
  • 1280202939
  • 9781280202933
  • 0521848768
  • 9780521848763
  • 1107153107
  • 9781107153103
  • 0511199538
  • 9780511199530
  • 0511300182
  • 9780511300189
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Defining the Jacobean Church.DDC classification:
  • 274.2/06 22
LOC classification:
  • BR756 .P75 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 15.70
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; 1 Introduction: defining the Church; 2 The language of ecclesiastical polity and Jacobean conformist thought; 3 Doctrine, law, and conflict over the Canons of 1604; 4 Apostoli, episcopi, divini? models of ecclesiastical governance; 5 Bellum ceremoniale: scripture, custom, and ceremonial practice; 6 Ceremonies, episcopacy, and the Scottish Kirk; 7 Conclusion: narratives of civil and ecclesiastical authority; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: This book proposes a new model for understanding religious debates in the churches of England and Scotland between 1603 and 1625. It argues that rival interpretations of scripture, pagan, and civil history and the sources central to the Christian tradition lay at the heart of disputes between contrasting ecclesiological visions.

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

Print version record.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; 1 Introduction: defining the Church; 2 The language of ecclesiastical polity and Jacobean conformist thought; 3 Doctrine, law, and conflict over the Canons of 1604; 4 Apostoli, episcopi, divini? models of ecclesiastical governance; 5 Bellum ceremoniale: scripture, custom, and ceremonial practice; 6 Ceremonies, episcopacy, and the Scottish Kirk; 7 Conclusion: narratives of civil and ecclesiastical authority; Bibliography; Index.

This book proposes a new model for understanding religious debates in the churches of England and Scotland between 1603 and 1625. It argues that rival interpretations of scripture, pagan, and civil history and the sources central to the Christian tradition lay at the heart of disputes between contrasting ecclesiological visions.

English.