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The Authenticity of Hooker's Book VII

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

H. F. Woodhouse
H. F. Woodhouse
Affiliation:
Wycliffe College
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This year marks the fourth centenary of Richard Hooker, who is perhaps the greatest apologist of the Anglican Church. It is easy to forget this because the epithet “judicious” when used of him conveys to most of us the idea of one who was careful, conscientious and not likely to accept or adopt rash views. But the meaning of the word “judicious” as applied to Hooker is “judicial.” It was used of one who had spoken the last word on a subject, one whose conclusions and opinion were so firmly based that neither premise nor conclusions could be shaken.

Type
Research Article
Information
Church History , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , March 1953 , pp. 3 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Church History 1953

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References

1. Preface, p. 7ff.

2. pp. 87 and 107. (London 1940).

3. p. 45.

4. pp. 47ff.

5. “An Introduction to the Fifth Book of Hooker's Treatise of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity.” (Oxford, 1907) p. 263.Google Scholar

6. VII, I, 3, 4; XI, 8; V, 2, 10; see Shirley, op. cit., p. 126.

7. Preface, p. V.

8. Paget, op. cit. p. 80, and see Article “Rainolds, John” in Dictionary of National Biography.

9. Cf. Apostolic Ministry, p. 187 on “Early English Bishops.” (ed. Kirk K.E., London, 1946).Google Scholar

10. See Article in Dictionary of National Biography.

11. VII, V, 10 and XI, 8, cf. III, I, 14 and III, II, 1.

12. Shirley, p. 53 and Sisson, p. 109.

13. Shirley, p. 54.

14. Preface, p. V.