Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Church of England Record Society - Publications


Church of England Record Society - Publications

The British Delegation and the Synod of Dort, 1618-19, edited by Anthony Milton.

The Synod of Dort was one of the most important gatherings of Protestant divines ever assembled. Summoned to resolve doctrinal disputes in the Netherlands, the synod involved theologians from a number of countries, Britain included. The precise role played by delegates of the Church of England at the synod has been the subject of intense disagreement ever since. Drawing on new sources discovered in English and Dutch archives, this volume provides a wide-ranging collection of edited documents, many not previously published, which make it possible for the first time to construct a fully contextualized account of the role played by the British delegates. The book tackles the political and theological background to the synod, the submissions of the British delegation on issues ranging from predestination and episcopacy to catechizing and biblical translation, and also the aftermath of the synod and the later defences of it by the British delegates. The primary source material is placed in context by a substantial introduction, which argues for a major reassessment of the role of the British divines, and emphasizes the importance of the synod in facilitating the study of the interaction of British and continental thinkers at a vital period in the emergence of an 'Anglican' identity.

Dr Anthony Milton is Reader in History at the University of Sheffield.

ISBN 1 84383 157 0. Price: £60 (members: £30).

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