Erroneous and Schismatical Opinions
Subtitle: The Question of Orthodoxy Regarding the Theology of Hanserd Knollys (C. 1599 - 1691 (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: May 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789004119970
Subjects: Biography: general; Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches; Orthodox Churches; c 1600 to c 1700; Doctrines; Biography / Autobiography; Religion; History; History: World; Historical - General; England; Christianity - History - Protestant; Religious; Baptists; Knollys, Hanserd,; General; Theology, Doctrinal; 1599?-1691; 17th century; Dissenters, Religious
Description: "England in the mid-seventeenth-century saw the emergence of numerous religious sects, one of which were the Calvinistic Baptists. During this revolutionary era this group was often accused of heresy by their Reformed contemporaries. At that time Hanserd Knollys, one of the key spokesmen for this body, was personally charged with holding heterodox beliefs, in particular, Antinomianism, Anabaptism and Fifth Monarchism. In addition, subsequent historians have been compelled to defend Knollys against the charge of hyper-Calvinism. All of these charges are serious, and consequently bring into question Knollys' basic orthodoxy." "This book systematically examines each of these charges against Knollys by looking at them in their broader historical context, and then comprehensively examining them from Knollys' writings to determine if they are indeed valid. Along the way Knollys' soteriology, ecclesiology and eschatology receive vital and needed elucidation." "Readership: All those interested in church history, history of early modern Europe, historical theology, as well as those scholars and readers of Baptist history and theology."--BOOK JACKET.