The History Of The Test Act In Which The Mistakes In Some Late Writings Against It Are Rectified And The Importance Of It To The Church Explained
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
26.02.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
32
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/0.2 cm
Gewicht
64 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5444-502-6
When Parliament tests faith, belief becomes a battleground. In The History Of The Test Act, Anglican divine Thomas Sherlock enters the heart of the English Test Acts debate, defending the sacramental test at a charged moment in 18th century England. Here, the stakes were spiritual. Sherlock answers recent critics point by point, rectifying what he saw as serious mistakes in their attacks and explaining why the Test Act mattered so deeply to the established Church, to the Crown, and to the fragile balance of church and state history in post Reformation Britain. Both religious political treatise and classic theological essay, Sherlock's work illuminates the Anglican Church history of its age: the tensions between conformity and conscience, the Anglican dissenters controversy, and the wider religious toleration debate that helped shape British constitutional history. Written by a leading churchman, it remains a primary source for historians and an incisive theology students reference for understanding how doctrine, loyalty and law intersected in Georgian public life. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, from curious general readers to serious students of church and state.
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