Richard Hooker's Doctrine of the Royal Supremacy / / W.J.T. Kirby.

• Superior document: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 43
• VerfasserIn: Kirby, W.J.T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1990.
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 43.; Studies in the History of Christian Traditions Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In the eighth book of his treatise Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie , Richard Hooker defends the royal headship of the Church of England in a remarkable series of theological arguments. His apologetic intention was 'to resolve the consciences' of the Disciplinarian-Puritan critics o...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Preface / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Abbreviations / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Introduction / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Chapter One The Question of the Royal Supremacy: A Theological Debate / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Chapter Two Theological First Principles: The Doctrine of the "Two Realms" / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Chapter Three Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the "Two Churches" / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Chapter Four Supremum Caput: Hooker's Theology of Headship / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Conclusion / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Bibliography / W.J. Torrance Kirby
• Index / W.J. Torrance Kirby.