Building the Church of England: the Book of Common Prayer and the Edwardian Reformation
Were mid-Tudor evangelicals roaring lions or meek lambs? Did they struggle with a minority complex, or were they comfortable with their position of political ascendancy under Edward VI? How did their theological blueprint of the ‘True Church’ fit their temporal realities? By relocating the Book of C...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | St Andrews studies in Reformation history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of England
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
England
Church history 16th century
B Church of England Book of common prayer B Church History B Thesis B Edward VI King of England (1537-1553) B Reformation (England) |
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| Summary: | Were mid-Tudor evangelicals roaring lions or meek lambs? Did they struggle with a minority complex, or were they comfortable with their position of political ascendancy under Edward VI? How did their theological blueprint of the ‘True Church’ fit their temporal realities? By relocating the Book of Common Prayer at the centre of the English Reformation, Stephen Tong gives new significance to two underacknowledged drivers of reform: ecclesiology and liturgy. Edwardian reformers caused a sensation in England by engaging with these questions, which spilled over into Ireland, and continued to cast a shadow over subsequent generations of the English Protestants |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-282 Acknowledgements: "This work began life as a PhD thesis completed at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge." |
| ISBN: | 9004547851 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004547858 |