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Drawing on new primary source material, this volume considers the Assembly’s theology in terms of the unfolding development of doctrine in the Reformed churches—in connection with the preceding and current events in English history—and locates it in relation to the catholic tradition of the western church. The book asks exactly what the divines meant at each stage of their task. At a time when...

antipathy was evident by his reaction to the Millenary Petition, signed by several hundred ministers, requesting relief from their deprivations. In response, he called the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, at which he peremptorily dismissed many of their leading claims. Virtually the only concession James made was his agreement to authorize a new translation of the Bible. Indeed, he soon followed with a proclamation requiring strict conformity to the order of the Church. At the conference itself,
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