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Subject(s)

• Pastoral theology—History of doctrines—16th century [Browse]
• Priesthood, Universal—History—16th century [Browse]

Series

• Oxford theology and religion monographs [More in this series]
• Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs [More in this series]

Summary note

This title assesses the understandings of the Christian doctrine of royal priesthood, long considered one of the three major Reformation teachings, as held by an array of royal, clerical and popular theologians during the English Reformation.

Notes

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Royal Priesthood in the English Reformation; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Plates; Introduction; RELATED THEMES; Individualism; Anticlericalism; Sacred Kingship; ALL BELIEVERS AS PRIESTS AND KINGS; 1: John Wyclif's Universalist Approach to Universal Priesthood; WYCLIF'S PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION; DOMINION AND GRACE; THE COMMUNITY OF THE PREDESTINED; THE EUCHARIST; SCRIPTURE AND PROCLAMATION; WYCLIF'S DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSAL PRIESTHOOD; CONCLUSIONS; 2: Royal Priesthood in Late Medieval England; PRIESTLY KINGS (AND LAWYERS); Kings; Lawyers; KINGLY PRIESTS; Power
• OfficeAnticlericalism; John Colet; A ROYAL AND PRIESTLY PEOPLE?; Universal Kingship; Universal Priesthood; Lay Empowerment; 3: Common Priesthood in the Early English Reformation; ERASMUS; THE HERETICAL SUCCESSION; FIDEI DEFENSOR; THREE ENGLISH CONSERVATIVES; ENGLISH EVANGELICALS; ANTICLERICALISM; 4: Royal Priests: Henry VIII and Edward VI; TRADITIONAL DIVINE KINGSHIP; HENRY'S CONSCIENCE; VICAR OF GOD; THE KING'S CURE OF SOULS; THE REFORMATION PARLIAMEN; ROYAL ORDINATION; THE ROYAL JUDGMENT OF DOCTRINE; 5: Priestly Magistrates: Thomas Cromwell's Faction; LAY HEADS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH
• PROPAGANDA THROUGH PULPIT AND PAMPHLETRADICAL EVANGELICALS IN CROMWELL'S CIRCLE; THREE AGENDAS FOR RELATING LAY AND CLERICAL POWERS; RADICAL MANEUVERS IN PARLIAMENT; CROMWELL AND CRANMER OPEN A SYNOD TO CONFRONT THE ISSUES; 6: Thomas Cranmer: The Ministerial Priesthood is 'Necessary'; 'SACRAMENT' OF ORDERS; CRITICIZING THE CRITIC; CRANMER'S LUTHERAN THEOLOGY; REFORMED ORDINAL; 7: Thomas Cranmer: The People's Priesthood; THEOLOGY OF THE LAITY; People as Persons; People as Community; A PRIESTLY PEOPLE; Common Proclamation; Lay Baptism and Lay Presidency; Binding and Loosing
• Spiritual SacrificesSources for Cranmer's Doctrine of Spiritual Sacrifices; Common Intercession; Common Judgment; SUMMARY; 8: The Reformation of the Queens; THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD OF THE TUDOR QUEENS; Mary I; Katherine Parr; Elizabeth I; THE RIVAL PRIESTHOODS OF THE CLERGY; Counter-Reformation Catholicism; Conformity; Puritanism; THE PLACE OF THE PEOPLE; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Primary Sources and Translations; Secondary Sources; Index

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ISBN

0-19-150976-0

OCLC

870284689

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