Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Monday, August 26, 2013

Mr. (Dr. Prof.) William A. Clebsch's "England's Earliest Protestants: 1520-1535"


       Clebsch, William. England’s Earliest Protestants: 1520-1535.  New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1964. It is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Englands-earliest-Protestants-1520-1535-publications/dp/B0007DK7XA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377565405&sr=8-1&keywords=william+clebsch+england%27s+earliest+protestants

An obituary from New York Times on Mr. (Dr. Prof.) William A. Clebsch, Professor of Church History at Stanford University, amongst other duties.


A post from the History Society at Stanford University on Mr. Clebsch.


A list of publications by Mr. Clebsch.


Outline:

Preface

Abbreviations

1.  Prologue

2.  England’s Initial Repudiation of Luther, 11-23

A.  John Fisher versus Luther

B.  Henry VIII’s Assertion

3.  New Aggressions and Defenses, 24-41

A.  Fisher’s Second Sermon

B.  More’s Latin Libelli

C.  The Royal Correspondence

4.  The Career of Robert Barnes, 42-57

A.  Sermon and Trial

B.  Barnes and Exile

C.  Barnes’ Later Career

5.  Barnes’ Theology, 58-77

A.  Bishops and the King

B.  Works and Faith

C.  Sacraments and the Church

D. Scissors and Paste

6.  John Frith in Exile, 78-98

A.  Patrick’s “Places”

B.  Luther’s “Antichrist”

C.  The Abolition of Purgatory

D. Tyndale’s “Answer”

7.  Frith’s Theology, 99-116

A.  The End of Exile

B.  Trial

C.  Later Writings

D. Theocentric Theology

8.  Frith’s Sacramental Thought, 117-136

A.  Baptism

B.  Lord’s Supper

C.  Influence

D. Frith’s Originality

9.  Tydale as Luther’s Protégé (1524-1529), 137-153

A.  The Translator

B.  The New Testament

C.  Protestant Polemics

10.    Tyndale’s Rediscovery of the Law (1530-1532), 154-180

A.  The Pentateuch

B.  Politics and Prelates

C.  Law in the Old Testament

D. Source of Tyndale’s Legalism

E.  The Silent Years

11.  Tyndale’s Theology of Contract, 181-204

A.  Law and Contract

B.  New Testament and Contract

C.  Tyndale’s Originality

12.    The Practical Piety of George Joye, 205-228

A.  Primers and Translations

B.  Theology

C.  Joye and Tyndale

13.    Protestant Translators and Propagandists, 229-251

A.  William Joye and Jerome Barlowe

B.  Roy as Translator

C.  Roy as Editor

D. Simon Fish, Propagandist

E.  Fish’s Translation of “Sum of Scripture”

14.    Progress at Home: Books and Men, 252-276

A.  Translators and Printers

B.  Humanistic Advocates of Reform

C.  The Battle Against Books

D. Emergence of English Reformers

15.    Thomas More, Defensor Fidei

A.  Hunter of Heretics

B.  Chancellor

C.  Polemicist

D. Religious Thought

E.  Retreat from Humanism

16.    Epilogue

A.  The English Bible

B.  Strategic Success

C.  Sources

D. Impact

Bibliography

Index

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