[The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the
debates on church government at the Westminster Assembly of
Divines, 1643-1646. The major primary sources are the official
minutes of the assembly and the personal memoirs of
three participants: John Lightfoot, George Gillespie, and
Robert Baillie. This is a historical, descriptive, and
critical study.
The Westminster Assembly was summoned to advise the
Long Parliament on reforming the doctrine, liturgy, and
government of the Church of England. For more than a year
the ministers struggled to devise the best form of church
government--one that would conform both to the Bible and to
the practice of other Reformed churches. Their recommendations
were supposed to provide the basis for parliamentary
legislation on the church.]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/49070 |
| Date | January 1975 |
| Creators | Smith, Paul Joseph |
| Publisher | Boston University |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | This work is being made available in OpenBU by permission of its author, and is available for research purposes only. All rights are reserved to the author. |
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