William Wake's Gallican Correspondence and Related Documents, 1716-1731: Vol. III: 5 February 1721 - 12 December 1721 by Leonard Adams (Hardcover, 1989)
The accession of William Wake (1657-1737) to the primacy of Great Britain in 1716 was hailed by Protestants all over Europe. Lutheran and Reformed theologians came to see Wake not only as the wisest choice the Anglican Church could have made but also as another great apostle of Christian unity. Gallican and Jansenist theologians also were impressed by Wake's interest in ecumenical discussions. Their dissatisfaction with factional disputes within the Church in France and their consequent openness to the Anglican view of church history and basic theology are reflected in this critical edition of more than a thousand letters exchanged with Wake over a period of fifteen years. But this was an age when letters were probably the most reliable source of current news. It is therefore not surprising that they reflect an era in the social, economic, political and religious life of Western Europe deeply marked by controversy; for this was also the age of Voltaire, Montesquieu, Ellies Dupin and Pierre-Francois Le Courayer, the embattled librarian of the abbey of Sainte-Genevieve.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9780820410531
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201252884
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Book Title
William Wake's Gallican Correspondence and Related Documents, 1716-1731: Vol. III: 5 February 1721 - 12 December 1721
Author
Leonard Adams
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious History, Christianity
Publication Year
1989
Number of Pages
402 Pages
Dimensions
Volume
55
Item Weight
620g
Additional Product Features
Issn
0740-0446
Series Title
American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion