TRACTATES AND SERMONS The Folger Library Edition of the Works of Richard Hooker, Volume Five

Hooker, Richard; Laetitia Yeandle; Egil Grislis

ISBN 10: 0674632176 / ISBN 13: 9780674632172

Published by The Belknap Press, Cambridge / London, 1990

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(USA) Presuned 1st edition, No markings, about Fine except that the book block has been attached upside-down in relation to the cover ( a manufacturing fault that does not affect the use of the book); no dust jacket as published. Grey buckram with titles in silver to the frotn cover, xl, 926pp, bibliography, index of scriptural references, frontis and 15 B&W illustrations. Text by Laetitia Yeandle; Commentary by Egil Grislis. Richard Hooker (1554-1600) was a pivotal English theologian known for his foundational work in Anglican theology, particularly through his major text, "Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity." He was one of the most important English theologians of the sixteenth century. As a bonus, there is an Offprint from English Renaissance Prose, History, Language, and Politics, Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Tempe, AZ 1997, an article by P,G. Stanwood entitled Richard Hooker's Discourse and the Deception of Posterity. This is a 16 page article, (stapled to the top left corner) which is laid into the book. . There is an inscription to the cover, dated 1997. (3.5 JM HOZ 403/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TRACTATES AND SERMONS The Folger Library Edition of the Works of Richard Hooker, Volume Five
• Publisher: The Belknap Press, Cambridge / London
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674632176
• ISBN 13: 9780674632172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion and Religious Experiences

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Synopsis

Although Richard Hooker (1554–1600) is now known principally as the author of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in his lifetime the Tractates and Sermons brought him greater notoriety. Hooker’s views on justification, the perseverance of faith, and the relationship of the Church of Rome to the reformed Church of England were widely reported, and texts of the tracts were extensively circulated in manuscript.

Thanks to the meticulous editing of Laetitia Yeandle, Curator of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the contemporary impact of these debates can now be appreciated for the first time. These tracts provide a unique perspective on the turbulent world of late Elizabethan theology. In addition, they lay the doctrinal foundations of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity itself and―with the excellent commentary of Egil Grislis, Professor of Theology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, enable us to trace the intellectual formation of sixteenth-century England’s most innovative and provocative theologian.

The volume includes a newly discovered letter; three newly attributed sermon fragments; and analysis by P. F. Forte of Hooker’s distinctive preaching style.

About the Authors

Laetitia Yeandle is Curator of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Egil Grislis is Professor of Theology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.

W. Speed Hill was Associate Professor of English at Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York.