Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly
The Westminster assembly was in many ways the high point of the puritan experiment. The special morning service on 1 July 1643 saw the nave of Westminster Abbey thronged with supporters of a godly reformation. Long prayed-for alterations in worship, clarifications in doctrine and renovations in chur...
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| Published in | Church Polity and Politics in the British Atlantic World, C. 1635-66 p. 104 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Manchester University Press
16.01.2020
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| Edition | 1 |
| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The Westminster assembly was in many ways the high point of the puritan experiment. The special morning service on 1 July 1643 saw the nave of Westminster Abbey thronged with supporters of a godly reformation. Long prayed-for alterations in worship, clarifications in doctrine and renovations in church government were finally within reach.
While continuing reformation was to proceed on all three fronts, much of the speculation and commentary in the press about the assembly was occupied with its attempts to reform church governance in England (and by extension Ireland and the principality of Wales) and to refine the government of |
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| ISBN: | 0719090423 9780719090424 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctvtv93q6.12 |