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- On Laudianism
- Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
- On Laudianism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Laudianism: Where It Came From
- Chapter 1 A Trinitarian and Incarnational Theology
- Chapter 2 Andrewes’ Political Theology
- Chapter 3 Andrewes’ Anti-Puritanism
- Chapter 4 Puritan Politics
- Chapter 5 The Tree of Repentance and Its Fruits
- Chapter 6 Absent Presences
- Chapter 7 The Visible Church and Its Ordinances
- Part II Laudianism: What It Was
- Part III Laudianism: What It Wasn’t
- Part IV Laudianism and Predestination
- Part V Laudianism as Coalition: The Constituent Parts
- Conclusion
- Index
Chapter 3 - Andrewes’ Anti-Puritanism
from Part I - Laudianism: Where It Came From
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2023
- On Laudianism
- Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
- On Laudianism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Laudianism: Where It Came From
- Chapter 1 A Trinitarian and Incarnational Theology
- Chapter 2 Andrewes’ Political Theology
- Chapter 3 Andrewes’ Anti-Puritanism
- Chapter 4 Puritan Politics
- Chapter 5 The Tree of Repentance and Its Fruits
- Chapter 6 Absent Presences
- Chapter 7 The Visible Church and Its Ordinances
- Part II Laudianism: What It Was
- Part III Laudianism: What It Wasn’t
- Part IV Laudianism and Predestination
- Part V Laudianism as Coalition: The Constituent Parts
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter defines Andrewes’ position in terms of its opposition to a body of both religious and political opinion labelled puritan. While Andrewes’ anti-puritanism is shown to have been rooted in traditional conformist concerns about conformity and church government, it also, Hooker-like, encompassed wider issues of religious style and modes of being. Crucial here was what Andrewes identified and excoriated as the puritan cult of the sermon and view of faith centred solely on knowledge rather than practice or works. According to Andrewes, the result was hypocrisy on a heroic pharisaical scale and a histrionic, wholly performative, style of both preaching and piety.
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- On LaudianismPiety, Polemic and Politics During the Personal Rule of Charles I, pp. 66 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023