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1. Considers alleged deficiencies of William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale’s Scripture translations. 2. The Geneva Bible claim (in the preface) that William Tyndale neglected Hebraisms is proven false. 3. The Matthew Bible treatment of... more
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      Reformation StudiesEnglish ReformationBible TranslationWilliam Tyndale
Logic and rhetoric are "the practice of the holy Ghost". 1 So says William Perkins, one of the leading godly clergy of Cambridge during the later Elizabethan period, in his commentary on the book of Revelation, posthumously published in... more
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      RhetoricHistory of ReligionPreachingSeventeenth Century
John Dury (1596-1680) grew up in England with connections to the heads of state, and was advised by an eminent chaplain that to reconcile the divisions of the protestant churches would be the greatest work of peacemaking (Matt 5:9) that... more
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      EthicsTheologyPractical theologyLutheranism
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      British LiteratureEnglish LiteratureRhetoricAugustine
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      Virtue EthicsFriendshipHappiness and Well BeingEmotions
현대의 많은 학자들이 오웬의 신학을 삼위일체적이라고 규정했다. 대표적으로 싱클레어 퍼거슨, 칼 트루먼, 켈리 캐픽, 브라이언 키, 피터 드 프리스 등은 삼위일체론이야말로 오웬 신학의 핵심이라고 주장한다. 퍼거슨은 오웬을 가리켜 “깊이 있는 삼위일체론적 신학자”라고 부른다. 트루먼은 “오웬의 작품을 통틀어 –그 작품들이 신론이나 구원론, 혹은 칭의론을 다루든 상관없이- 삼위일체론은 언제나 근본적이다.”라고 주장한다.... more
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      TrinityPuritansTrinity (Theology)English Puritanism
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      English PuritanismPuritanismLiterary culture of PuritanismJohn Owen
Isten az embert a maga képére és hasonlatosságára teremtette. A Szentírás egyik legmagasztosabb és egyben legtitokzatosabb mondata ez. Milyen az arca az istenképű embernek? 3. oldal A tudás kísértése "Isten a teremtés okán nem csak az... more
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      English PuritanismPuritanismLiterary culture of PuritanismPuritanisme
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      PreachingBaptist TheologyEvangelicalismEnglish Puritanism
During the English revolutionary period (1640-60), three individuals who became close philosophical friends separately articulated principles of freedom of conscience and separation of church and state: Roger Williams, Sir Henry Vane the... more
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      Political PhilosophyPolitical TheoryEarly Modern HistoryReligion and Politics
The rise of the English separatist movement in the late sixteenth century was characterized by a polemical struggle over the applicability of the epithet of “Donatism.” A pejorative slur, the Donatist label was often utilized during the... more
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      English ReformationEnglish PuritanismDonatismPuritanism
The Matthew Bible, like any good Anglican, found itself caught between the Roman Catholics and the Puritans. Neither group liked it. Find out why, and why its spirit is more consistent with early Anglicanism than anything else.
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      Reformation StudiesWilliam TyndaleEnglish PuritanismAnglican Studies
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      PuritansNathaniel HawthorneEnglish PuritanismPuritan Studies
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      Women's HealthHealth Behaviour ChangeCulture, health and well beingHealth Policy
Alberico Gentili (San Ginesio 1552 - Londra 1608) studia presso l’Università di Perugia dove si laurea in diritto civile il 23 settembre 1572. Nel 1580 è costretto a fuggire dall’Italia, per motivi religiosi, per giungere a Londra in... more
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      HistoryModern HistoryIntellectual HistoryCultural History
Sir Henry Vane the younger was one of the Puritan Revolution’s most remarkable figures. Elected governor of New England in 1636 at the tender age of twenty-three, he was soon ousted from the colony after the Antinomian controversy, and... more
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      Eschatology and ApocalypticismMartyrdomEnglish PuritanismAmerican Puritanism
>Brief background of the puritan dispute with the Reformation CofE, Thomas Cranmer, and William Tyndale over ceremonies and song. >Compares translations and notes from the Psalms in the1537 Matthew Bible and the Geneva Bible. >Shows... more
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      English ReformationWilliam TyndalePuritansEnglish Puritanism
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      CalvinismEnglish NovelImaginationAllegory
The three children of Lord Chief Justice Sir Christopher Wray were a dominant influence on the puritanism of the North Midlands over the period 1590-1620. As patrons of John Smyth and Richard Bernard they helped support the puritan... more
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      Church HistoryEnglish PuritanismStuart EnglandLincolnshire history
This is an introductory essay to a critical edition of Hale's MS treatise on natural law (British Library, MSS Add. 18235, Harley 7159, and Hargrave 485). Chapters 1-5 were published along with this introduction. An edition of the entire... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyEarly Modern HistoryNatural LawCalvinism
Postscript to my paper 'Small, vulnerable ETs' - a suggestion why the inhabitants of the moon in Francis Godwin's pioneering tale of a journey to the moon should have venerated the name 'Martin', seeing in it a possible reference to the... more
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      Science FictionSeventeenth Century English LiteratureEnglish Puritanism
Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) said, “A little fire is fire... a little thing in the hand of giant will do great things. A little faith strengthened by Christ will work wonders.” Sibbes penned these words to bring comfort to his readers; a... more
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      PuritansEnglish PuritanismRichard SibbesAssurance of Salvation
A Quest for Godliness is the accumulation of nearly four decades of study of the Puritans and their impact on Christianity by Oxford graduate and Regent College professor, J.I. Packer. Packer, an adept historian and engaging communicator... more
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      Christian ApologeticsEnglish PuritanismAmerican PuritanismPuritanism
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      ReligionAnthropologyTheologyReformation History
An Honest, Well–Experienced Heart introduces us to the life and writings of Puritan preacher and author John Flavel (1627—1691). In his brief, introductory biography, Adam Embry discusses Flavel’s background, ministry, and theology of... more
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      Historical TheologyEnglishChurch HistoryReformed theology
Pastor Bonus. Festschrift für Volker Spangenberg. Ed. by M. Kisskalt, Andrea Klimt, M. Rothkegel, 2021 The manuscript collection of the Murhard Library in Kassel, Germany, preserves a short booklet on marriage and divorce penned by... more
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      Baptist TheologyJewish - Christian RelationsMarriage and DivorceEarly Modern Britain
A review of Michael P. Winship's work on the history of English and American Puritanism. (Yale University Press, 2019)
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      English PuritanismAmerican PuritanismPuritanism
In answering the question "Why teach literature?", Elaine Showalter says that the purpose(s) behind teaching literature vary according to class objectives, teachers' objectives, and the overview of the course (24). The author of Teaching... more
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      American LiteratureHistoryEnglish LiteratureEducation
T he people quietly gathered on the shore at midnight, watching as a man waded in the water toward the large rock in the middle of the Kingsbridge estuary. The low water during spring tides provided an unlikely, but necessary, pulpit on... more
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      English PuritanismHoly Spirit
Article for the inaugural issue of Theolog, the theological journal of The Log College and Seminary (formerly The North American Reformed Seminary). This paper, intentionally pitched at a pastor-practitioner level, introduces the... more
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      Pastoral TheologyEnglish PuritanismPastoral Care and CounsellingCasuistry
Na política, indivíduos e sociedades estão em permanente luta. A política vincula indivíduo, sociedade e guerra e qualquer um desses três elementos da equação supõe a persistência de outros dois componentes, gerando a orgânica... more
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      Civil WarEnglish PuritanismHistory of EnglandTragic Realism
청교도 설교자들의 왕이라고 불렸던 토머스 맨톤(1620-1677)의 시편 119편에 대한 설교들에 나타난 경건론은 팬데믹 시대에 어떻게 목회의 방향을 잡아가야 할지에 대한 여러 가지 통찰을 준다. 맨톤에 따르면 참된 경건이란 하나님에 대한 경외심과 사랑으로 구성된다. 그는 경건한 사람만이 유일하게 행복한 사람이라고 주장하는데, 경건한 사람은 행복의 목표와 그것에 도달하는 방법을 알기 때문이다. 맨톤은 최고선이 되시는 하나님... more
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      TheologyHappinessBook of PsalmsPuritans
John W. Tweeddale reappraises John Owen's work as a biblical exegete, offering the first analysis of his essays, or “exercitations,” on Hebrews. Owen is frequently acknowledged as a leading figure of the puritan and nonconformist... more
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      Early Modern HistoryCovenant TheologyThe Letter to the HebrewsHistory of Biblical Interpretation
Originally appearing in the Founders Journal (#112, Spring 2018), this paper is an exposition of Chapter 14 in the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession. Edited by Tom Nettles, the essay is part of that Journal's ongoing expository series... more
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      Historical TheologyBaptist TheologyReformation and Post-ReformationFaith
Projeto de Mestrado de Teologia em Teologia Sistemática interdisciplinar com Teologia Histórica.
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      Scottish HistoryPneumatologyEnglish PuritanismScottish Theology
EDITORIAL: The renaissance in Post-Reformation Reformed Scholasticism continues apace in Jae-Eun Park’s study of the Puritan Stephen Charnock’s Christological basis of our knowledge of God. While Charnock was accused by an earlier... more
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      EpistemologyReformed EpistemologyReformation and Post-ReformationDoctrine of God
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      English PuritanismDoctrine of God, Christology, Soteriology, Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Dogmatic Theology, Analytic Theology, Continental Theology, Biblical Theology, Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth, John Calvin, Systematic Theology
This essay focuses on the most influential scholarly contributions to the study of English spiritual autobiography, a genre originating from radical sects in the seventeenth century. I argue that criticism published between 1948 and 2012... more
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      English LiteratureSeventeenth CenturyAutobiographySecularization
Theme of the Pentateuch:  Tripartite covenant; progeny, relationship with God, and Land.
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      Ancient HistorySovereigntyHebrew BibleOld Testament Theology
If godliness and a zeal for holiness served as the foundation of Puritan spirituality, then Satan loomed as a chief threat to that pattern of life. Indeed, Satan and the doctrine of spiritual warfare pervaded Puritan spirituality as... more
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      SpiritualityEnglish PuritanismSpiritual WarfarePuritanism
(with Mark Jones) in Joel R. Beeke and Mark Jones, A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2012), 653–679.
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      Historical TheologyReformation and Post-ReformationPuritansEnglish Puritanism
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      Historical TheologyLiturgyReformation and Post-ReformationEnglish Puritanism
Recent defenders of the eternal, functional subordination of the Son have appealed to the trinitarian theology of John Owen in support of their claim that subordination to the Father is a personal property of the Son of God qua Son. In... more
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      ChristianityTrinityCovenant TheologyChristology
Drawing on largely unexamined works, including Baxter's Methodus Theologiae Christianae (1681) and manuscript treatises and correspondence, Sytsma discusses Baxter's response to mechanical philosophers on the nature of substance, laws of... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyNatural LawRené DescartesEarly Modern Church History
This paper analyzes a debate on Baptism and covenant theology between John Flavel and Philip Cary in the 17th Century. It gives a defense of the Puritanism of the Particular Baptists and gives an analysis of the covenantal systems behind... more
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      Covenant TheologyBaptismEnglish PuritanismInfant Baptism
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The present paper (written in Romanian, with an extended summary at the end) looks closely at the cultural influence exerted by Robert Hill’s A Christian Directed, a conduct book that was part of a collection of writings entitled The... more
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      English PuritanismOrthodox Church in TransylvaniaConduct Books
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      LiturgyPuritansEnglish PuritanismStudies on worship
This book is designed to introduce general readers to a wide range of influential Puritan writers and a representative work for each that pushes through stereotypes to the heart and soul of these Christian pastors and theologians. With a... more
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      English PuritanismAmerican PuritanismAntinomian Controversy
In this thesis, I argue that Jonathan Edwards creatively develops his doctrine of justification within the broad steam of seventeenth century Puritan thought. Redemption is an indivisible work of God, grounded in the eternal communion of... more
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      Historical TheologyReformed theologyEnglish PuritanismJonathan Edwards