Richard Hooker, l’hérésie papiste et un protestantisme anglais de la continuité
By closely circumscribing what papist heresy consisted in, however grievous it might be, Richard Hooker (1554-1600) was able to see the medieval Church in a more positive light than was customary in Calvinist discourse. Papist heresy did not constitute a definitive obstacle for the catholic and apos...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3567 |
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| Summary: | By closely circumscribing what papist heresy consisted in, however grievous it might be, Richard Hooker (1554-1600) was able to see the medieval Church in a more positive light than was customary in Calvinist discourse. Papist heresy did not constitute a definitive obstacle for the catholic and apostolic faith to be handed down from the apostolic age to the Reformation era. Without overthrowing the fundamentals of Protestant orthodoxy, Hooker started a brand of English Protestantism emphasising continuity with the past, at the basis of the Anglican understanding of the Reformation as being in the historic continuity of Western Catholicism. |
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| ISSN: | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |