Retaining the old episcopal divinity: John Edwards of Cambridge and reformed orthodoxy in the later Stuart Church of England
"John Edwards of Cambridge (1637-1716) has typically been portrayed as a marginalized 'Calvinist' in an overwhelmingly 'Arminian' later Stuart Church of England. In Retaining the Old Episcopal Divinity, Jake Griesel challenges this depiction of Edwards and the theological cl...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford studies in historical theology series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Edwards, John 1637-1716
/ England
/ Church history studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles |
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Calvinists (England) Biography
B Church of England Clergy Biography B Theologians (England) Biography B Church of England Relations Calvinists B Edwards, John (1637-1716) B Calvinists Relations Church of England B England Church history 17th century B Church of England History 17th century B Reformed Church Doctrines |
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| Summary: | "John Edwards of Cambridge (1637-1716) has typically been portrayed as a marginalized 'Calvinist' in an overwhelmingly 'Arminian' later Stuart Church of England. In Retaining the Old Episcopal Divinity, Jake Griesel challenges this depiction of Edwards and the theological climate of his contemporary Church. Griesel demonstrates that Edwards was recognized in his own day and the immediately following generations as one of the preeminent conforming divines of the period, who featured prominently in notable theological controversies concerning contemporaries such as John Locke, Gilbert Burnet, Daniel Whitby, William Whiston, and Samuel Clarke. Despite some Arminian opposition, Edwards' theological works are shown to have enjoyed a warm reception among sizable segments of the established Church's clergy, many of whom shared his Reformed convictions. Instead of a theological misfit, this study contends that the anti-Arminian Edwards was a decidedly mainstream churchman. Griesel's reassessment has ramifications far beyond the figure of Edwards, however, and ultimately serves as a prism through which to visualize with much greater clarity the broader theological landscape of the later Stuart Church of England, and particularly the place of Reformed orthodoxy within it. It substantially develops recent research on the persisting vitality of Reformed theology within the post-Restoration Church by demonstrating to an unprecedented extent the sheer strength and numbers of conforming Reformed divines between the Restoration and the evangelical revivals. Finally, Griesel problematizes the idea that the post-Restoration Church developed a fairly homogeneous 'Anglican' identity, and argues instead that the Church in this period was theologically and ecclesio-politically variegated"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197624324 |