Gordon William Rockett
Biographic Data
| ID | 9418683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon William Rockett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon William |
| FAMILY NAME | Rockett |
| SIGNATURE | ROCKETT G W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Thomas More’s Quarrel with Reform
In letters to family and friends while he was confined in the Tower of London in 1534 and the first few months of 1535, Thomas More explained his refusal to comply with the first Act of Succession with the argument that his allegiance was to a council higher than the parliament of England. The “higher council” to which More referred was the General Council of Christendom, whose determinations embodied Christianity’s canonically enjoined consensus…
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Thomas More’s Quarrel with Reform
In letters to family and friends while he was confined in the Tower of London in 1534 and the first few months of 1535, Thomas More explained his refusal to comply with the first Act of Succession with the argument that his allegiance was to a council higher than the parliament of England. The “higher council” to which More referred was the General Council of Christendom, whose determinations embodied Christianity’s canonically enjoined consensus…
Allegiance (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Christianity (1 work) · Conscience (1 work) · Doctrine (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Legislation (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Parliament (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work)