The English Sabbath: A Study of Doctrine and Discipline from the Reformation to the Civil War - Softcover

Parker, Kenneth L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521526566 ISBN 13: 9780521526562

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Sabbatarianism is commonly treated as a puritan characteristic, a theological innovation formulated by precisionists in the 1580s and 1590s, and among the earliest issues dividing conformists and puritans. The English Sabbath challenges this orthodoxy. Using local, ecclesiastical and parliamentary evidence, as well as theological works, Dr Parker traces the origins of this doctrine to medieval scholastic theology and finds a broad consensus on the issue in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Church. Re-examining the Book of Sports controversies and the sabbatarian disputes of the 1630s, the author argues that Laudian propagandists triggered vigorous opposition by denying the orthodoxy of this long-established doctrine and calling its defenders innovators. This propaganda polarized opinion and made sabbatarianism one of the most cherished puritan causes during the Civil War. The book is a significant contribution to current re-appraisals of Tudor and Stuart religious history and to our understanding of the origins of the Civil War.

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Book Description:

This book traces the origins of sabbatarianism to medieval scholastic theology and finds a broad consensus on the issue in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Church. In the 1630s, however, Laudian propaganda polarized opinion and established sabbatarianism as one of the most cherished puritan causes during the Civil War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521526566
• ISBN 13: 9780521526562
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264