Debating perseverance : the Augustinian heritage in post-reformation England /
Scholars disputing the identity of the Church of England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries describe it as either forming a Calvinist consensus or partaking of an Anglican middle way steeped in an ancient catholicity. 'Debating Perseverance' argues that these conversations have...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in historical theology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Scholars disputing the identity of the Church of England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries describe it as either forming a Calvinist consensus or partaking of an Anglican middle way steeped in an ancient catholicity. 'Debating Perseverance' argues that these conversations have given insufficient attention to the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (the belief that a person who is saved can never be lost), which became one of the most distinctive doctrines of the Reformed tradition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190858537 0190858532 9780190863876 0190863870 |