Royal priesthood in the English Reformation
By: Malcolm B. Yarnell III
Edition: First edition.
Series: Oxford theology and religion monographs; Oxford theology and religion monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199686254
Subjects: Religion; Pastoral theology; History of doctrines; Universal Priesthood; History
Description: 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: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: John Wyclif's universalist approach to universal priesthood; title: Royal priesthood in late medieval England; title: Common priesthood in the early English Reformation; title: Royal priests : Henry VIII and Edward VI; title: Priestly magistrates : Thomas Cromwell's faction; title: Thomas Cranmer : the ministerial priesthood is 'necessary'; title: Thomas Cranmer : the people's priesthood; title: The reformation of the queens.