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Genre/Form: | Biographies Christian biography Biography |
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Named Person: | Richard Hooker; Richard Hooker |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip Bruce Secor |
ISBN: | 0860122891 9780860122890 |
OCLC Number: | 40799364 |
Description: | xxii, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm |
Contents: | The Hookers of Exeter -- Growing up in John Hooker's Exeter -- School days -- Leaving the nest -- The Oxford years -- Leaving the academic cloister -- Début in London -- Introduction to Church politics -- Appointment at the temple -- The great debate begins -- The great debate continues -- Master of the temple -- A judicious marriage -- Penman for the Church -- Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity -- Pastor of bishopsbourne -- The final years. |
Responsibility: | Philip B. Secor. |
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Abstract:
This is the biography of Richard Hooker (1554-1600), premier theologian of the Church of England. Researched over many years, this text is designed to be accessible to the general reader and presents Hooker as a full-blooded Elizabethan figure, placing him in the context of his era.
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