Reformers and Babylon : : English Apocalyptic Visions from the Reformation to the Eve of the Civil War / / Paul Kenneth Christianson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Christianson, Paul Kenneth,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Starting in the 1530s with John Bale, English reformers found in the apocalyptic mysteries of the Book of Revelation a framework for reinterpreting the history of Christianity and explaining the break from the Roman Catholic Church. Identifying the papacy with antichrist and the Roman Catholic Churc...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Forming the English protestant apocalyptic tradition
• 2. The parting of the stream
• 3. The swelling of prophecy
• 4. The swelling of prophecy
• 5. From expectation to militance
• Conclusion
• Appendix I. The early works of John Lilburne
• Appendix II. Attribution of A glimpse of Sions glory
• Bibliography
• Index