An Introduction to the Fifth Book of Hooker's Treatise of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Fifth Book of Hooker's Treatise of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

It may be well to explain and justify the use of the title Puritans, lest any one should think that this attempt justly to describe the position of Hooker's antagonists begins with the discourtesy and injustice of wantonly giving them a nickname. A nickname it undoubtedly was in Hooker's day and long afterwards, and those to whom it was applied disclaimed it earnestly, in its current connotation. Fuller, whose account is accepted by Neal 1, says that the term came into use in 1564, in connexion with the resistance offered to the stronger action then being taken to enforce conformity.

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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Fifth Book of Hooker's Treatise of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

The preparation of a second edition of his introduction was a good opportunity for trying to mend its faults and to fill some of gaps in it. With great regret I have to own that the opportunity has been left almost unused. A few references have been added in the course of revision, and the book has now an index, put together long ago by one who took a keen interest in the first edition, and to whom I had the happiness of dedicating it. I am sorry that I have failed to do more to make the book wrothier of its purpose: and especially that I have not used, for its improvement, the fresh light which has been thrown on Hooker's life and work by Mr. Ronald Bayne's admirable edition of the Fifth book of the laws of ecclesiastical policy. I might plead in excuse for my failure the extreme difficulty of continuing to be in any sense a student when one has become a Bishop: but it is tedious sort of plea: and I would rather say instead how grateful I am for the patience and the help which I have found at the University press.

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