Richard Hooker and the Authority of Scripture, Tradition and Reason - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Richard Hooker and the Authority of Scripture, Tradition and Reason write by Nigel Atkinson. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Richard Hooker and the Authority of Scripture, Tradition and Reason available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is no doubt that Richard Hooker (1554-1600) is one of the most important writers in the history of the Church of England. However, since John Henry Newman presented him as a "theologian of the via media" he has been consistently overlooked by evangelical Anglicans. This well-documented and detailed analysis of the theological first principles of the 'father of Anglicanism' challenges the traditional consensus. The author examines three key elements of Hooker's theology-namely, the authority of reason, tradition and Scripture and evaluates Hooker's approach in the light of his debates with contemporary Puritans including Walter Travers, Thomas Cartwright and William Tyndale. His views are then compared with the approaches of Erasmus and the Reformers Luther and Calvin. Finally, the interpretations of leading and influential Hooker scholars are examined to show how often his theological principles have been misrepresented. This important study concludes that Hooker's debt to the Reformation is greater and more profound than generally acknowledged and that Hooker is consistently closer the mainstream of Reformation thought than his Puritan opponents. "This book is sure to put the cat among the pigeons of Hooker scholarship, and reopen the question of interpretations which many have assumed were resolved." -Gerald Bray, Beeson Divinity School "A lucid, penetrating and immensely relevant study of Hooker's theological method which firmly repudiates the influential High church stereotype of Hooker."- Alister McGrath, from the foreword An ordained priest with the Church of England, Nigel T. Atkinson is Warden of Latimer House, Oxford.
Law and Revelation
Law and Revelation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law and Revelation write by Raymond Chapman. This book was released on 2009-10-30. Law and Revelation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Richard Hooker (1554-1600) is widely regarded not only as the leading apologist of the Elizabethan age, but one of Anglicanism's most accomplished and influential thinkers of all time. Much of Anglicanism as we know it today owes its character to the course Hooker deftly charted between Catholic and Protestant claims. His Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity published in seven volumes, set out the constitution of the Church of England, and enshrine a philosophical and theological outlook that is characteristic of Anglicanism to this day. He opposed a literal and absolute interpretation of Scripture and instead advocated an appeal that incorporated reason - which remains the response of mainstream Anglicanism to complex ethical and moral questions today. This volume sets Richard Hooker's life in the context of contemporary parties and opinions within the Elizabethan Church and provides an extensive reader of his original work in the fields of Scripture, reason, tradition, doctrines and the governance of the Church.
Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology
Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology write by Nigel Voak. This book was released on 2003-03-13. Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Richard Hooker (1554-1600) has traditionally been seen as the first systematic defender of an Anglican via media between Rome and Geneva. Revisionists have argued recently, however, that Hooker was in fact a thoroughly Reformed theologian. Dr Voak takes issue with this interpretation, arguing that Hooker over time became highly critical of numerous Reformed positions. Beginning with philosophical principles underlying Hooker's theology (e.g. free will, resistibility ofgrace), the book then considers issues such as original sin, justification and sanctification, merit and the religious authority of scripture, reason, and tradition. Finally, Hooker's late manuscripts are examined, in which he defends himself from the charge of heresy.
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity write by Richard Hooker. This book was released on 1925. Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Learned Discourse on Justification
A Learned Discourse on Justification - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Learned Discourse on Justification write by Richard Hooker. This book was released on 1612. A Learned Discourse on Justification available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
