Puritan Profiles: 54 Contemporaries of the Westminster Assembly Contributor(s): Barker, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1857921917 ISBN-13: 9781857921915 Publisher: Mentor OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1970 Annotation: In over thirty engagingly written and illustrated pieces Peter Jeffery applies the good news of the Christian faith and teaching in a way you and others will love reading about it. These tracts are supplied on three formats PDFs US letter size for folding and UK A4 size for folding and as HTML text so you can load them on your website. Purchase of this CD licenses you or your church or your Christian organization to print and distribute as many of these tracts as you wish and to publish and circulate them electronically by email or on the world wide web. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History |
Dewey: 285.909 |
Series: Biography |
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.71" W x 8.79" (1.08 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Reformed - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: The history of seventeenth century England was tumultuous. During this period England underwent a civil war, a regicide, an experiment with republican government, a restoration of monarchy and constant upheavals in politics and religion. What a confusing period As the century began Puritans were poised against Episcopalians, parliament against the forces of an absolutist monarchy and the question hung in the air - what kind of Christian expression would be the Church of England eventually reflect? |
Contributor Bio(s): Barker, William: - William Barker is Professor of Church History, Emeritus at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia). He remains Adjunct Professor of Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, Missouri. He was editor of the Presbyterian Journal and has contributed to the Dictionary of Christianity in America. |