Author: Richard HookerPublisher:
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Author: Richard HookerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Who Runs the Church?
Author: Zondervan,Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310543525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. While many Christians can explain their church's form of rule or defend it because of its "tried and true" traditions, few people understand their church's administrative customs from a biblical perspective. Who Runs the Church? explores questions such as: What model for governing the church does the Bible provide, and is such a model given for practical or spiritual reasons? Is there room for different methods within Christianity? Or is there a right way of "doing church"? And, finally, how (and by whom) should the church be governed? Four predominant approaches to church government are presented by respected proponents: Episcopalianism - represented by Peter Toon Presbyterianism - represented by L. Roy Taylor Single-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Paige Patterson Plural-Elder Congregationalism - represented by Samuel E. Waldron As in other Counterpoints books, each view is followed by critiques from the other contributors, and its advocate then responds.
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, the Fifth Book
Author: Richard HookerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church polity
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity in Modern English
Author: W. Bradford LittlejohnPublisher:
ISBN: 9781949716917
Category : Anglican Communion
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"That posterity may know we have not loosely through silence permitted things to pass away as in a dream..." So opens Richard Hooker's Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, one of the great landmarks of Protestant theological literature, and indeed of English literature generally. Sadly, however, recent generations of church leaders and scholars have come perilously close to allowing his work to pass away as in a dream. Locked away in a rich and beautiful, but labyrinthine and archaic Elizabethan prose style, Hooker's writings are scarcely read-and for many, scarcely readable-today. This new edition of Hooker's Laws "translates" his prose into modern English for the first time, without sacrificing any of the theological depth or sparkling wit of the original. Although the Church of England and its "Puritan" critics have long since moved on from the specific controversy that gave rise to the Laws, the significance of this extraordinary work has not diminished-nor has the urgent need for the wisdom it has to offer, which is as relevant for 21st-century Christians as it was for those in the sixteenth. Addressing such timeless questions as the role of Scripture in the life of the Church, the relationship of conscience to authority, the appropriate use of reason and tradition in theology, and the meaning of Protestantism's protest against Rome, this first volume of Hooker's Laws in Modern English promises to challenge and equip a new generation of Christian readers.
The works of ... Richard Hooker: with an account of his life by I. Walton. 3 vols. [the 3rd in 2 pt.].
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Author: Richard HookerThe Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
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A Dictionary of the English and German Languages: German and English
Author: Christoph Friedrich GriebPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Class A, Theology. B, Mythology and folklore. C, Philosophy. 1910
Author: William Swan SonnenscheinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A Dictionary of the German and English Languages
Author: The Best Books: Class A, Theology. B, Mythology and folklore. C, Philosophy. 1910
Author: William Swan SonnenscheinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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