Erroneous and Schismatical Opinions: The Question of Orthodoxy Regarding the Theology of Hanserd Knollys (C. 1599-1691)

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-11997-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 99, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 258 mm, Gewicht: 830 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howson, Barry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Reformierte Kirchen, Calvinisten, presbyterianische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Seventeenth-Century Background
2. Life and Writings of Hanserd Knollys
3. Antinomianism
4. Hyper-Calvinism
5. Anabaptism
6. Fifth Monarchism

Conclusion

Appendices
Appendix A. Authors Cited or Quoted in Knollys’ Works
Appendix B. The Question of Derivation of Anabaptist Teachings: Did Knollys and the Calvinistic Baptists derive their teachings from the Continental Anabaptists?
Appendix C. Survey of Knollys’ Commentary on Revelation

Select Bibliography
Indices
Index of Persons
Index of Places
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Barry H. Howson, Ph.D. (2000) in Church History, McGill University, Montréal, is Director and Professor of Religious Studies at Heritage Baptist College, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. He has published articles on seventeenth-century eschatology (Evangelical Quarterly) and on Hanserd Knollys (The British Particular Baptists 1638-1910, Vol. 1).