The Basis for Scottish Efforts to Create a Reformed Church in England, 1640-41

An excess of partisan feeling has surrounded the study of the Covenanting movement in 17th century Scotland. The issues which led to the Second Reformation, bound so closely as they are with religious feeling, have often prevented historians from exhibiting a reasonable amount of objectivity toward...

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Main Author: Hamilton, Charles L. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press [1961]
In: Church history
Year: 1961, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-178
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
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Summary:An excess of partisan feeling has surrounded the study of the Covenanting movement in 17th century Scotland. The issues which led to the Second Reformation, bound so closely as they are with religious feeling, have often prevented historians from exhibiting a reasonable amount of objectivity toward God's New Israel, as the Covenanters were inclined to call Scotland. Consequently the Covenanters have usually been portrayed as either the embodiment of the true faith or as a group of bigoted and conceited fanatics.
ISSN:0009-6407
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3161970