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The Anglican Apocalypse in Restoration Englan.
- Source :
- Journal of Ecclesiastical History; Jul2004, Vol. 55 Issue 3, p467-501, 35p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Anglican exegesis in the later seventeenth century of Revelation's prophecies demonstrates that apocalyptic ideas continued to hold currency in England after the mid-century period with which they are most often associated, promoting the very civil and ecclesiastical authorities they had previously been used to oppose. Present in the writings of prominent Restoration scholars and churchmen like Henry More, Gryffith Williams and Gilbert Burnet, as well as lesser-known authors, Anglican apocalyptic interpretation dispels the traditionally-held opinion that such convictions lost their power and validity with the decline of radical fortunes, and confirms that apocalyptic thought was not simply a language of disaffection on the political and religious margins of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220469
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ecclesiastical History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14356395
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046904009984