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... church itself , as a decentralised church , permitted considerable doctrinal heterodoxy . Thus , whilst the religious Independents did , indeed , formally adopt the predestinarian doctrine at the Savoy Conference of 1658 , there were ...
... church itself , as a decentralised church , permitted considerable doctrinal heterodoxy . Thus , whilst the religious Independents did , indeed , formally adopt the predestinarian doctrine at the Savoy Conference of 1658 , there were ...
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... church government . Certainly , he shows no sign of sympathy with the centralised Presbyterianism of the Scottish church . But as the party conflict between Presbyterians and Independents began to gather momentum , Milton found himself ...
... church government . Certainly , he shows no sign of sympathy with the centralised Presbyterianism of the Scottish church . But as the party conflict between Presbyterians and Independents began to gather momentum , Milton found himself ...
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... church in general as merely a plurality of particular churches . The philosophical basis of Milton's theory of church government is , of course , his individualism , which leads him necessarily to the notion that no man or body of men ...
... church in general as merely a plurality of particular churches . The philosophical basis of Milton's theory of church government is , of course , his individualism , which leads him necessarily to the notion that no man or body of men ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
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