How to do things with the Church Fathers: Mary Magdalene and anti-Calvinist court rhetoric in Lancelot Andrewes's Easter Sermons (1620-22)

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 519 - 534
• Main Author: Nabais Freitas, Guilherme
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 04.07.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; Andrewes, Lancelot (1555-1626); Calvinism; Easter; England; Femininity; Lancelot Andrewes; Mary Magdalene, Saint; patristics; Protestant Reformation; reformation; Religion & politics; Rhetoric; sermon studies; Sermons; Traditions

Mary Magdalene was one of the most controversial Scriptural figures in Post-Reformation England. This article draws attention to a remarkable moment in the early 1620s when Lancelot Andrewes decided to preach on Mary Magdalene not once but three consecutive times. Crucially, he did so during the hig...