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From Heinrich Bullinger to puritanism: John Hooper's theology and the office of magistracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2003

Andries Raath
Affiliation:
University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South [email protected]
Shaun de Freitas
Affiliation:
University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South [email protected]

Abstract

The sixteenth-century English Reformer John Hooper's views on the biblical idea of magisterial office and the application of God's law to the whole of the Christian community had a profound influence in England and Scotland. It is also clear that Hooper assimilated much of the German Reformer Heinrich Bullinger's theologico-political federalism, and played an important role in the reception of Bullinger's thought in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain. Bullinger, via Hooper, also influenced English and Scottish theories of political resistance in diverse ways.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 2003

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