Sabbath and sectarianism in seventeenth-century England

This book is a study of the pratical application of a religious idea: the belief in the continuing validity of the Old Testament, especially the Ten Commandments, which ordained the observance of the Sabbath on the seventh day, Saturday. The author traces the growth and development of the most radic...

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Published in:Brill's studies in intellectual history
Authors: Katz, David S. (Author) ; Kaṣ, Dāwid Ben-Šāʾûl 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 1988
In: Brill's studies in intellectual history (10)
Reviews:The English Sabbath. A study of doctrine and discipline from the Reformation to the Civil War. By Kenneth L. Parker. Pp. xii + 250. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. £27.50. 0 521 30535 7 - Sabbath and Sectarianism in Seventeenth-century England. By David S. Katz. (Studies in Intellectual History, 10.) Pp. xiv + 224. Leiden: Brill, 1988. Gld. 120. 90 04 08754 00920 8607 (1990) (Milton, Anthony)
REVIEWS (1990) (White, Barrie)
Series/Journal:Brill's studies in intellectual history 10
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Sabbath / Puritanism / History
B USA / Sabbath / Puritanism / History
B England / Sabbath / History 1570-1750
B England / Sabbatarians / History 1570-1750
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Summary:This book is a study of the pratical application of a religious idea: the belief in the continuing validity of the Old Testament, especially the Ten Commandments, which ordained the observance of the Sabbath on the seventh day, Saturday. The author traces the growth and development of the most radical of English Sabbath observers, those who revered the Jewish Sabbath in a Christian context. But this is not only a pre-history of the Seventh-Day Adventists. It is also the story of the remarkable persistence of a revolutionary religious belief powerful and convincing enough to survive the Restoration and continue into modern times. The Saturday-Sabbath gradually became institutionalized in a nonconformist sect in which the ideological foundation was sufficient to unite men who on political grounds should have been the most bitter of enemies, including Fifth Monarchists, millenarians, neutrals, and Royalists alike. That those men and their followers could amicably join forces after the Restoration is testimony to the power of religious ideas which might overshadow the political affiliations of the civil war.
ISBN:9004087540