Thomas Adams and the Ministry of Moderation
Author : James Laurence Hedges
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Page : 982 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : James Laurence Hedges
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Page : 982 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : General Conference of the Congregational Churches in Maine
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Page : 956 pages
File Size : 18,58 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Congregational churches
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Author : Horton Davies
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 2004-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725212471
This is the very first study made in depth and detail of over forty Anglican preachers in the Golden Age of the English Pulpit. There have been individual studies of the sermons of Donne and Andrewes, but none of the metaphysical preachers as a whole. It is the aim of this book to introduce to the reader some of the less familiar preachers: men such as John Hacket and Ralph Brownrig, Calvinist preachers in the metaphysical style such as the Elizabethan Henry Smith (known as silver-tongued for his oratory), or Thomas Adams, who was styled the prose Shakespeare of Puritan theologians. These men, and others, were widely admired in their day and, in many cases, their contemporary popularity challenged that even of Donne. This study provides explanations for the popularity of the metaphysical style, and incidentally proves untenable the stereotype that all the metaphysical preachers were of the Arminian persuasion, since a fair proportion of the group were Calvinists who rejected the Puritan plain style in favor of a metaphysical mode of expression. One explanation of the popularity of this style for a period of some fifty years is that practically every metaphysical divine was also a poet, and that daring imagery, wit, and arcane knowledge were the chief differentia of this style of poetry. Furthermore, James I and Charles I were great admirers of wit and learning. They chose royal chaplains for these qualities: learning made them good apologists, and their wit kept the captive congregations at court intrigued. Equal attention is given to the biographies of the preachers, the themes of their sermons, and the techniques of preaching and sermon construction, with separate chapters on learning and eloquence, wit and imagery, and the uses to which they were put. The result is a full picture of the group of seventeenth-century divines who preached like angels from a cloud.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1914 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Copyright
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Author : General Conference of the Congregational Churches in Maine
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Page : 806 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 1850
Category : Congregational churches
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Author : Congregational Churches in Maine. General Conference
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Page : 852 pages
File Size : 41,62 MB
Release : 1850
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Author : Thomas Adams
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Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 1862
Category : Puritans
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Author : Thomas Adams
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Page : 636 pages
File Size : 23,11 MB
Release : 1630
Category : Sermons, English
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Author : General Conference of Maine
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Page : 974 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 1858
Category : Congregational churches
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Page : 874 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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