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The Church of England and Christian antiquity : the construction of a confessional identity in the 17th century /
Jean-Louis Quantin shows how the appeal to Christian antiquity played a key role in the construction of a new confessional identity, 'Anglicanism', maintaining that theologians of the Church of England came to consider that their Church occupied a unique position, because it alone was fait...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford Univ. Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Oxford-Warburg studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Jean-Louis Quantin shows how the appeal to Christian antiquity played a key role in the construction of a new confessional identity, 'Anglicanism', maintaining that theologians of the Church of England came to consider that their Church occupied a unique position, because it alone was faithful to the beliefs and practices of the Church Fathers. - ;Today, the statement that Anglicans are fond of the Fathers and keen on patristic studies looks like a platitude. Like many platitudes, it is much less obvious than one might think. Indeed, it has a long and complex history. Jean-Louis Quantin shows. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 511 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-487) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191565342 0191565342 9780199557868 0199557861 1282053434 9781282053434 |