Assembly at Westminster
Assembly at Westminster

Author: John H. Leith

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2008-04-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1725222116

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In the story of the church's continuing theological dialogue, the Westminster Confession stands as a towering accomplishment. Persons in the Reformed tradition, especially English-speaking Calvinists, have been shaped by the Westminster Confession as by no other Christian creed. Even in rebellion against it, men and women continue to be formed by it. John Leith focuses on the background and character of the assembly that wrote this document. After placing the Confession in its historical, political, cultural, and theological contexts, Dr. Leith examines its major themes--the Bible, the lordship and sovereignty of God, the covenant, and the Christian life. Finally, he looks at the question of the Westminster Confession as normative, authoritative theology. The Westminster Confession should be neither idolized nor rejected, says Dr. Leith. "It should be accepted for what it is, a remarkable theological achievement of the Reformed community in the seventh century, and received with gratitude for the guidance that it may give for the theological task today."

The Rivals
The Rivals

Author: Murdo Fraser

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2015-10-14

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0857902482

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The struggles of the Scottish Civil War of 1644-45 could easily be personified as a contest between James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose and Archibald Campbell, 8th Marquis of Argyll. Yet at first glance there seems to be more that unites them than separates them. Both came from ancient and powerful families; both were originally Covenanters; both considered themselves loyal subjects of Charles I, then Charles II, who in turn betrayed each of them, and both died at the hands of the executioner. In this book Murdo Fraser examines these two remarkable men, underlining their different personalities: Montrose, the brilliant military tactician - bold and brave but rash, and Campbell - altogether a more opaque figure, cautious, considered and difficult to read. The result is a vivid insight into two remarkable men who played a huge part in writing Scotland's history, and a fascinating portrait of a time of intense political upheaval.

Decisive Battles of the English Civil War
Decisive Battles of the English Civil War

Author: Malcolm Wanklyn

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2006-10-19

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1844154548

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In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill, Newbury I, Cheriton, Marston Moor, Newbury II, Naseby, and Preston - he looks critically at contemporary accounts and at historians' narratives, explores the surviving battlegrounds and retells the story of each battle from a new perspective. His lucid, closely argued analysis questions traditional assumptions about each battle and the course of the war itself.

Notices of David Laing, LL.D., Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Scotland; Secretary to the Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh; Professor of Antiquities to the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Edinburgh; and Librarian to the Society of Writers to H.M. Signet in Scotland: to which is Added a Chronological List of the Various Publications which Were Issued Under His Editorial Superintendence ...
Notices of David Laing, LL.D., Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Scotland; Secretary to the Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh; Professor of Antiquities to the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Edinburgh; and Librarian to the Society of Writers to H.M. Signet in Scotland: to which is Added a Chronological List of the Various Publications which Were Issued Under His Editorial Superintendence ...

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Published: 1878

Total Pages: 128

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The crisis of British Protestantism
The crisis of British Protestantism

Author: Hunter Powell

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2024-06-04

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1526184028

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This book seeks to bring coherence to two of the most studied periods in British history, Caroline non-conformity (pre-1640) and the British revolution (post-1642). It does so by focusing on the pivotal years of 1638–44 where debates around non-conformity within the Church of England morphed into a revolution between Parliament and its king. Parliament, saddled with the responsibility of re-defining England’s church, called its Westminster assembly of divines to debate and define the content and boundaries of that new church. Typically this period has been studied as either an ecclesiastical power struggle between Presbyterians and independents, or as the harbinger of modern religious toleration. This book challenges those assumptions and provides an entirely new framework for understanding one of the most important moments in British history.

Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640
Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640

Author: Christine Peters

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-03-09

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1350317292

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Although in its infancy, the history of women in Wales and Scotland before and during the Reformation is now thriving. A longer tradition of historical studies has shed light on many areas of women's experience in England. Drawing on this historiography, Christine Peters examines the significance of contrasting social, economic and religious conditions in shaping the lives of women in Britain. Gender assumptions were broadly similar in England, Wales and Scotland, but female experience varied widely. Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640 explores how this was influenced by various factors, including changes in clanship and inheritance, the employment of single women, the punishment of pregnant brides and scolds, the introduction of Protestantism, and the fusion of fairy beliefs with ideas of demonological witchcraft. Peters' text is the first comparative survey and analysis of the diversity of women's lives in Britain during the early modern period.