14 September 2015 A.D. ENGLISH REFORMATION--An Answer to John Martiall’s Treatise of the Cross by John Calfhill
14 September 2015 A.D. ENGLISH
REFORMATION--An Answer to John Martiall’s Treatise of the Cross by John
Calfhill
Works of the Early English Reformers (37 vols.)
An
Answer to John Martiall’s Treatise of the Cross
Author:
James Calfhill
Editor:
Richard Gibbings
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication
Date: 1846
Pages:
418
James
Calfhill’s major work, this volume responds to John Martiall’s defense of the
crucifix—dedicated to Elizabeth I and her keeping of a crucifix. Calfhill
decries the use of images of Christ in worship. His passionate treatise draws
on the writings of the Church Fathers and reflects the strong Reformed currents
that ran through the English Reformation.
James
Calfhill
(1530–1570) was dean of Bocking, archdeacon of Colchester, and bishop-elect of
Worcester. A staunch Calvinist, Calfhill frequently decried the “papistical
yoke” laid on the Church of England, and defended the doctrines of the
Reformation.
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