The Communion of Saints: Radical Puritan and Separatist Ecclesiology 1570-1625

by Stephen Brachlow

Overview

This study of left-wing puritan and separatist ecclesiology in Elizabethan and Jacobean England explores such topics as the relationship of soteriology, eschatology, and puritan covenant thought to ecclesiology; radical puritan and separatist ideals about the government of gathered churches; the role of synodical authority, and the relationship between church and state. Brachlow underlines the shared ecclesiastical ideals of both radical puritans and separatist "congregationalists," recognizing that while there were presbyterian as well as congregational tendencies in each tradition, they were by no means always clear or denominationally fixed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198267263
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/05/1989
Series:	Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Editorial Reviews

"A fresh look at the ecclesiology of radical Puritans and Separatists."—Albion

"[Brachlow] is to be congratulated for producing a rich crop from an old field many would have thought incapable of such a yield."—Church History

"[An] unique and refreshing perspective....This is a study of practical evangelicism that is illuminated with an understanding of theological complexities and the importance of political and economic issues in the religious arena. Above all, this book shows how significant local history can be in understanding larger national issues of church and state."—Journal of Church and State

"This thesis is presented with great erudition, and exhaustive citation from a very large number of contemporary works....This book is penetrating, judicious and exhaustive."—Archive for Reformation History

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