William Perkins's “A Reformed Catholic”: A Psycho-Cultural Interpretation

It is remarkable that study of William Perkins (1558–1602) has had so little impact on conventional interpretations of English history. Of the work of this great pastoral theologian, William Haller observed that “no books… were more often to be found upon the shelves of succeeding generations of pre...

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Main Author: Herbert, James C. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1982
In: Church history
Year: 1982, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-23
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