(Source: Routledge)
Routledge has
published a new book on the history of legal discipline in the Anglican Church.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Discipline in an
ecclesiastical context can be defined as the power of a church to maintain
order among its members on issues of morals or doctrine. This book presents a
scholarly engagement with the way in which legal discipline has evolved within
the Church of England since 1688. It explores how the Church of England,
unusual among Christian churches, has come to be without means of effective
legal discipline in matters of controversy, whether liturgical, doctrinal, or
moral. The author excludes matters of blatant scandal to focus on issues where
discipline has been attempted in controversial matters, focussing on particular
cases. The book makes connections between law, the state of the Church, and the
underlying theology of justice and freedom. At a time when doctrinal
controversy is widespread across all Christian traditions, it is argued that
the Church of England has an inheritance here in need of cherishing, and
sharing with the universal Church.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Revd Neil
Patterson (MA BD) is Director of Vocations and Ordinands (Hereford) and a
Member of the General Synod and the Ecclesiastical Law Society. He has
published on ecclesiastical issues in books and periodicals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1:
Toleration and its Effects
Chapter 2: The
Old Discipline Lingers
Chapter 3: A
Century of Doctrine Trials 1775-1871
Chapter 4: Law
Defied – the Ritualists
Chapter 5: The
Yearning to Fence the Altar
Chapter 6:
Reluctance to Discipline
Chapter 7: The
Lingering Temptation
Conclusion
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