The Testimony of the Spirit, the Decline of Calvinism, and the Origins of Restoration Rational Religion
The mid-seventeenth century turn to moralism in English Protestant theology - exemplified here by "Ignorance" in Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress - involved a clear rejection of the Calvinistic doctrine of the "internal testimony" of Scripture. The upshot was the emergence o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2021]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-94 |
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Hooker, Richard 1553-1600
/ Chillingworth, William 1602-1644
/ Whichcote, Benjamin 1609-1683
/ Calvinism
/ Holy books
/ Reason
/ Soteriology
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| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology HA Bible KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church NBK Soteriology |
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| Summary: | The mid-seventeenth century turn to moralism in English Protestant theology - exemplified here by "Ignorance" in Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress - involved a clear rejection of the Calvinistic doctrine of the "internal testimony" of Scripture. The upshot was the emergence of a religious impulse that emphasised the salience of a "rational account" of Scripture's credibility. The shift is conventionally traced through Richard Hooker, William Chillingworth and the Cambridge Platonists. Hooker was, however, more Calvinist and Chillingworth more Laudian than has been recognised. The Cambridge Platonists and their "latitudinarian" successors emerged from and were shaped by puritan culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046920000068 |