New Taxonomies of the Westminster Assembly (164352): The Creedal Controversy as Case Study

• Published in: Reformation & Renaissance review Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 82 - 106
• Main Author: van Dixhoorn, Chad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Equinox Publishing Ltd 20.03.2004; Routledge
• Subjects: History; Religion; Theology

Historians have almost always viewed the Westminster Assembly (1643-52) principally from the perspective of church government and the players in the story are labelled Presbyterians, Independents, and Erastians. This ecclesiological reading of events is not exclusive to the Assembly; indeed, almost...