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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gilliam, Paul R., III
Titre(s) : William Whiston and the apostolic constitutions [Texte imprimé] : completing the Reformation / by Paul R. Gilliam III
Publication : Leuven : Peeters, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 volume (x-185 pages) : portr. en front. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studia Patristica. Supplements ; 11
Lien à la collection : Studia patristica. Supplement
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [177]-185. Notes bibliogr.
"Written in the wake of Maurice Wiles' Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries,
this book narrates the gripping account of William Whiston's outsized affections for
the Apostolic Constitutions. The Apostolic Constitutions, a collection of teachings
concerning issues such as baptism, the eucharist, proper gender relations, and the
ordination of bishops claim to have been given by the resurrected Jesus to his apostles
during the forty days before his ascension back into the presence of God. In addition,
the Apostolic Constitutions claim to have been gathered by Clement, understood to
be the companion of the apostle Paul. Most scholars from Whiston's seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century world concluded that the Apostolic Constitutions was not, in fact,
apostolical, no matter its claims. The consensus today, perhaps unanimous even, is
of a similar nature: the Apostolic Constitutions consists of church orders emerging
from the second and third centuries that were then assembled sometime during the fourth
century when the apostles' names, along with first-person pronouns, were added. William
Whiston, however, concluded that the Apostolic Constitutions was the most sacred book
of the New Testament. How then did William Whiston who, as the successor to Sir Isaac
Newton as the Cambridge University Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, was a member
of the intelligentsia of his day, come to such a conclusion? The pages of this book
will answer this question. As the narrative unfolds it will become apparent that even
though Whiston was wrong about the apostolicity of the Apostolic Constitutions, he
nevertheless made important contributions to patristic scholarship as well as, and
perhaps most important, religious liberty for all persons. Furthermore, even though
Whiston was mistaken about the centerpiece of his project to restore primitive Christianity,
some readers will appreciate his sincere desire to bring the reformation work of Martin
Luther and others to completion."
Sujet(s) : Whiston, William (1667-1752) -- Critique et interprétation
Arianisme
Église -- 30-600 (Église primitive)
Indice(s) Dewey :
273.4 (23e éd.) = Controverses et hérésies doctrinales dans l'histoire générale de l'Église - 0300-0399
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789042947283. - ISBN 9042947284
EAN 9789042947283
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47276330f
Notice n° :
FRBNF47276330
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