Prelude to a Debate
Prelude to a Debate
This chapter explores the relationships and theological connections between the Apologists (congregational divines), the Smectymnuun (English Presbyterian) divines, Scottish divines, and the English revolution’s leading nobles. By examining their collective efforts at religious reform, we reassess how those relationships helped to bring down the prelacy and set the stage for the Westminster assembly. Here we will see an alliance built on common theological principles. We find that ecclesiological boundaries were not yet clearly defined, and those groups that would later argue for Presbyterianism in the assembly were far more congregational leaning during the early days of the revolution.
Keywords: Jeremiah Burroughs, Smectymnuus, Root and Branch Reform, Revolution, Edmund Calamy, Petition for the Prelates Briefly Examined, Prelacy, Parliament, Presbyterianism, Congregationalism
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