TY  - BOOK
AU  - Quantin,Jean-Louis
TI  - The Church of England and Christian antiquity: the construction of a confessional identity in the 17th century 
T2  - Oxford-Warburg studies
SN  - 9780191565342
AV  - BX5131.3 .Q53 2009eb
U1  - 283/.42 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
KW  - Church of England
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Fathers of the church
KW  - Pères de l'Église
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Anglican
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-487) and index; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The English Reformation and the Protestant View of Antiquity; 2. Becoming Traditional? The Appeal to Antiquity in Jacobean Controversies; 3. Arminianism, Laudianism, and the Fathers; 4. The Fathers Assaulted; 5. A Patristic Identity; 6. The Case for Tradition; Conclusion; Chronology; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Jean-Louis Quantin shows how the appeal to Christian antiquity played a key role in the construction of a new confessional identity, 'Anglicanism', maintaining that theologians of the Church of England came to consider that their Church occupied a unique position, because it alone was faithful to the beliefs and practices of the Church Fathers. - ;Today, the statement that Anglicans are fond of the Fathers and keen on patristic studies looks like a platitude. Like many platitudes, it is much less obvious than one might think. Indeed, it has a long and complex history. Jean-Louis Quantin shows
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