Memorializing 1662
Hampshire Congregationalists and the 250th Anniversary of the Great Ejection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12033175 |
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| Authors | Rosalind Johnson (0000-0003-1828-2811, University of Winchester, corresponding author), Roger Ottewill (University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Pages | 236-247 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Church History (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0424-2084 • E-ISSN: 2059-0644 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0424208400002163 |
| OpenAlex | W2333601525 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Edwardian Congregationalists regarded 1662 as their annus mirabilis , to be venerated and celebrated in equal measure. For them it was the year when all that they revered, such as the enthronement of conscience, had been thrown into sharp relief by the Great Ejection. This event, which helped to shape the identity of historically minded Congregationalists, had acquired a mythical quality and become part of the denomination’s folk lore. The Ejection involved the removal of ‘some 2,000 ministers ... from their livings because they could not swear their “unfeigned assent and consent to ... everything contained and prescribed” in the new Prayer Book, or meet some of the other requirements of the new Act of Uniformity’. Many ejected ministers attracted followers, who became the founding members of Dissenting congregations which later evolved into self-governing Congregational churches
Aesthetics · Conscience · Dissenting opinion · Identity (music · Political science · Prayer · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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