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This study presents the teachings - and in some cases the portraits - of some ""hidden"" 17th-century divines, the ancestors of Anglicanism who have been removed and hidden away. It views them working within the parameters of a broadly common reformed theology, transcended and aggravated by mutual national distrust, different polities and different liturgical practices. Contents of the work include the sacramental legacy of the 16th-century Reformation, the Long Parliament to the death of Cromwell, and the Restoration.

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’There is no comparable study which provides such a synoptic account of liturgical development and discord in Scotland and England in the seventeenth century. With that deftness which comes only from detailed knowledge of the source material, Bryan Spinks brings fresh and compelling readings of many hitherto neglected documents. This is an invaluable book.’ Professor Iain Torrance, Head of the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, Scotland 'In this remarkable book...he fills a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of English and Scottish sacramental theology through the turbulant Stuart era... achieves a number of significant ends...deserves to be read by anyone interested in rediscovering our common roots... Many will benefit from the insights of this book, particularly Evangelicals, who would find in the sacramental controversies of this era some significant precedents... It is a scandal that an historical theologian of Spinks's calibre should be lost to British academe.' Church Times 'This is an erudite and impressively researched book, drawing on often neglected seventeenth-century churchmen and theologians. As a national synoptic study of sacramental theology it is peerless, and will undoubtedly become a key work for theologicans of the period.' H-Net Reviews 'By any counts it is an ambitious venture, but [Spinks'] skills as an historical theologian at home with both doctrine and liturgy place him in an admirable position for this important task. The resulting book is a lively, if at times technical, read... All in all, Spinks has written a significant ecumenical study of the sacraments. It is hoped that Anglican evangelicals will take the chance to delve into their own past, and perhaps see some contemporary debates in a wider context.' Journal of Theological Studies 'Bryan Spinks' study is to be welcomed, providing as it does a guide through this critical period in the development of sacramental theolog

'There is no comparable study which provides such a synoptic account of liturgical development and discord in Scotland and England in the seventeenth century. With that deftness which comes only from detailed knowledge of the source material, Bryan Spinks brings fresh and compelling readings of many hitherto neglected documents. This is an invaluable book.' Professor Iain Torrance, Head of the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, Scotland 'In this remarkable book...he fills a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of English and Scottish sacramental theology through the turbulant Stuart era... achieves a number of significant ends...deserves to be read by anyone interested in rediscovering our common roots... Many will benefit from the insights of this book, particularly Evangelicals, who would find in the sacramental controversies of this era some significant precedents... It is a scandal that an historical theologian of Spinks's calibre should be lost to British academe.' Church Times 'This is an erudite and impressively researched book, drawing on often neglected seventeenth-century churchmen and theologians. As a national synoptic study of sacramental theology it is peerless, and will undoubtedly become a key work for theologicans of the period.' H-Net Reviews 'By any counts it is an ambitious venture, but [Spinks'] skills as an historical theologian at home with both doctrine and liturgy place him in an admirable position for this important task. The resulting book is a lively, if at times technical, read... All in all, Spinks has written a significant ecumenical study of the sacraments. It is hoped that Anglican evangelicals will take the chance to delve into their own past, and perhaps see some contemporary debates in a wider context.' Journal of Theological Studies 'Bryan Spinks' study is to be welcomed, providing as it does a guide through this critical period in the development of sacramental theology in both Stuart kingdoms.' Theology '... Spinks looks for a rapprochement between the Anglican and the Presbyterian worlds, represented in the two national churches. His book provides a thoughtful restructuring of an important period of their common history.' Anglican Theological Review 'This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the development of sacramental theology in the Church of England and the Church in Scotland in early Stuart England... This book is refreshing because it analyzes religious belief; it does not reduce it to economics or politics while not denying that religious belief would have political consequences... a very good book.' Albion 'Spinks's book is a substantial achievement, not only for the information that it gathers from figures as different as Samuel Rutherford and John Gauden, but for the shifting of perspectives that it entails...' Scottish Journal of Theology '... does a superb job of articulating the complexities of sacramental theology throughout the period... The book is [...] a helpful addition to the study of sacrament and liturgy in Stuart Scotland and England.' Anglican and Episcopal History

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Bryan D. Spinks is Goddard Professor of Liturgical Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School, USA

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