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At the heart of Elizabeth I's reign, a secret conference of clergymen met in and around Dedham, Essex, on a monthly basis in order to discuss matters of local and national interest. Their collected papers, a unique survival from the clandestine world of early English nonconformity, are here printed in full for the first time, together with a hitherto unpublished narrative by the Suffolk minister, Thomas Rogers, which throws a flood of light on similar, if more public, clerical activity in and around Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, during the same period. Taken together, the two texts provide an unrivalled insight into the minds and the methods of that network of 'godly' ministers whose professed aim was to modify the strict provisions of the Elizabethan settlement of religion, both by ceaseless lobbying and by practical example. The editors' introduction accordingly emphasizes the complex nature of the English protestant tradition between the Tudor mid-century and the accession of James I, as well as attempting to plot the politico-ecclesiastical developments of the 1580s in some detail. A comprehensive biographical register of the members of the Dedham conference, of the Bury St Edmunds lecturers, and of many other important names mentioned in the texts, completes the volume.
PATRICK COLLINSON is Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge; JOHN CRAIG is associate professor at Simon Fraser University; BRETT USHER is an expert on Elizabethan clergy.

Dissenters, Religious --- Believers' church --- Conformity (Religion) --- Nonconformists, Religious --- Nonconformity (Religion) --- Protestant dissenters --- Separatism (Religion) --- Congregationalism --- Dissenters --- Established churches --- Free churches --- Liberty of conscience --- Sects --- History --- England --- Church history

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'The Changing Shape of English Nonconformity' is a study of an important strand in the transformation within 19th-century English evangelical Nonconformity: the development of a pattern of theological education for ministry, which played a significant role in the emergence of discussions concerning the nature of ministry, and more.

Dissenters, Religious --- Theology --- Christian theology --- Theology, Christian --- Christianity --- Religion --- Believers' church --- Conformity (Religion) --- Nonconformists, Religious --- Nonconformity (Religion) --- Protestant dissenters --- Separatism (Religion) --- Congregationalism --- Dissenters --- Established churches --- Free churches --- Liberty of conscience --- Sects --- History --- Study and teaching

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The traditional view of puritans is that they were killjoys - serious, austere, gloomy people who closed theatres and abolished Christmas. This book, based on extensive original research, presents a different view. Focusing on both the writings of the leading Independent divine, Ralph Venning, and also on his pastoral work in the 1640s and 1650s when he was successively chaplain to the Tower of London and vicar of St Olave's, Southwark, the book reveals a much neglected strand of puritan theology. This emphasised the importance of inner happiness and the development of a personal piety which, the author argues, was similar in its nature to medieval mysticism, not that different from the piety promoted by earlier metaphysical preachers, and not at all driven by the predestinarian ideas usually associated with puritans, ideas liable to induce a sense of helplessness and despair. In addition, the book reassesses the role of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where Venning was educated, in shaping puritan thought, discusses Max Weber's ideas about puritanism and capitalism especially in relation to recreation and leisure activities, and demonstrates that Venning's strand of puritanism favoured toleration, moderation and church unity to a much greater degree than is usually associated with puritans. Stephen Bryn Roberts was awarded his doctorate from the University of Aberdeen and has been Adjunct Lecturer in Early Modern Church History at International Christian College, Glasgow since 2011.

Dissenters, Religious --- Puritans --- Precisians --- Church polity --- Congregationalism --- Puritan movements --- Calvinism --- Believers' church --- Conformity (Religion) --- Nonconformists, Religious --- Nonconformity (Religion) --- Protestant dissenters --- Separatism (Religion) --- Dissenters --- Established churches --- Free churches --- Liberty of conscience --- Sects --- Doctrines. --- Venning, Ralph, --- History --- England --- Church history

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Die frühe christliche Kirche entwickelte sich durch die Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer Umwelt zu ihrer spezifischen Eigenart. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Celsus und Origines, Irenäus und den Gnostikern (unter Heranziehung wichtiger Nag Hammadi-Texte) sowie Plotin und den Gnostikern. Wesentliche Berührungspunkte zwischen platonischer Philosophie und christlicher Theologie werden neu aufgezeigt - zugleich aber auch unüberwindbare Schranken. Erstaunlich und tragisch ist vor allem das Missverständnis zwischen Irenäus und christlichen Gnostikern, deren Anregungen der Kirche verloren gehen. Die Untersuchung ist ein quellenfundierter Beitrag zur Entstehung der frühen Kirche, der sich durch seine Kenntnis der Alten Welt auszeichnet. This study examines the controversy between Celsus and Origen, between Irenaeus and the Gnostics (with reference to important Naghammadi texts) and between Plotinus and the Gnostics. Substantial points of contact between Platonic philosophy and Christian theology are shown as well as the insurmountable barriers between them. Of particular surprise and tragedy is above all the misunderstanding between Irenaeus and the Gnostics, whose initiatives were thus lost for the Church. The study is a source-based contribution to the genesis of the early Church and is distinguished by its knowledge of the Ancient World.

261.2 --- De Kerk en het klassieke heidendom --- 261.2 De Kerk en het klassieke heidendom --- Dissenters, Religious. --- Believers' church --- Conformity (Religion) --- Nonconformists, Religious --- Nonconformity (Religion) --- Protestant dissenters --- Separatism (Religion) --- Congregationalism --- Dissenters --- Established churches --- Free churches --- Liberty of conscience --- Sects --- Apologetic. --- gnostic. --- heresy. --- patristics.

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273 "04/14" --- Schisma's. Ketterijen--Middeleeuwen --- Christian heresies --- Christian sects, Medieval. --- Dissenters, Religious --- History --- History. --- Christian sects, Medieval --- Believers' church --- Conformity (Religion) --- Nonconformists, Religious --- Nonconformity (Religion) --- Protestant dissenters --- Separatism (Religion) --- Congregationalism --- Dissenters --- Established churches --- Free churches --- Liberty of conscience --- Sects --- Medieval Christian sects