This volume explores church polity and its relationship to politics in the British Atlantic world during the mid-seventeenth century. It addresses the conflicts between church and state, the ecclesial factions of episcopalianism, presbyterianism and congregationalism and the effects of these conflicts at the level of nations and localities.
This volume explores church polity and its relationship to politics in the British Atlantic world during the mid-seventeenth century. It addresses the conflicts between church and state, the ecclesial factions of episcopalianism, presbyterianism and congregationalism and the effects of these conflicts at the level of nations and localities.
Elliot Vernon is a barrister and has published a number of articles on topics relating to mid-seventeenth-century history Hunter Powell is Research Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas, Austin and has also worked as lecturer in history at the University of Texas
Inhaltsangabe
1 Introduction: church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c. 1635 66 Elliot Vernon 2 'From the Apostles' time': the polity of the British episcopal churches, 1603 62 Benjamin M. Guyer 3 Peers, pastors, and the particular church: the failure of congregational ideas in the Mersey Basin region, 1636 41 James Mawdesley 4 'One of the least things in religion': the Welsh experience of church polity, 1640 60 Stephen K. Roberts 5 Polity, discipline and theology: the importance of the covenant in Scottish presbyterianism, 1560 c. 1700 R. Scott Spurlock 6 Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly Chad Van Dixhoorn 7 'They agree not in opinion among themselves': two kingdoms theory, 'Erastianism' and the Westminster assembly debate on church and state, c. 1641 48 Elliot Vernon 8 The New England way reconsidered: an exploration of church polity and the governance of the region's churches Francis J. Bremer 9 The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum Joel Halcomb 10 Polity and peacemaking: to what extent was Richard Baxter a congregationalist? Tim Cooper 11 'Promote, protect, prosecute': the congregationalist divines and the establishment of church and magistrate in Cromwellian England Hunter Powell 12 The Restoration episcopacy and the interregnum: autobiography, suffering and professions of faith Sarah Ward Clavier Index
1 Introduction: church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c. 1635 66 Elliot Vernon 2 'From the Apostles' time': the polity of the British episcopal churches, 1603 62 Benjamin M. Guyer 3 Peers, pastors, and the particular church: the failure of congregational ideas in the Mersey Basin region, 1636 41 James Mawdesley 4 'One of the least things in religion': the Welsh experience of church polity, 1640 60 Stephen K. Roberts 5 Polity, discipline and theology: the importance of the covenant in Scottish presbyterianism, 1560 c. 1700 R. Scott Spurlock 6 Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly Chad Van Dixhoorn 7 'They agree not in opinion among themselves': two kingdoms theory, 'Erastianism' and the Westminster assembly debate on church and state, c. 1641 48 Elliot Vernon 8 The New England way reconsidered: an exploration of church polity and the governance of the region's churches Francis J. Bremer 9 The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum Joel Halcomb 10 Polity and peacemaking: to what extent was Richard Baxter a congregationalist? Tim Cooper 11 'Promote, protect, prosecute': the congregationalist divines and the establishment of church and magistrate in Cromwellian England Hunter Powell 12 The Restoration episcopacy and the interregnum: autobiography, suffering and professions of faith Sarah Ward Clavier Index
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