The Life and Times of John Hooper (c. 1500-1555), Bishop of Gloucester


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This is a full-scale examination of the words and works of the 16th-century bishop and martyr known as the father of Puritanism. After a comparatively detailed account of John Hooper's life, the study examines his theology at length and concludes with a chapter on his legacy, emphasizing at the end the relevance of his beliefs to the problems facing the Church in the late 20th century.






















Writings of Dr. John Hooper


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Excerpt from Writings of Dr. John Hooper: Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, Martyr, 1555 Th'is volume contains the most important of the remains of the venerable Bishop and Martyr, john hooper. They are now first collected together. The Editors are in possession of two other of his works the one, a Treatise on The Sacrament of the Altar, against Bishop Gardiner; the other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.