The Reinvention of Devotion in the British Reformations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12033288 |
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| Authors | Alec Ryrie (Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Pages | 87-105 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| 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/s0424208400003508 |
| OpenAlex | W2332350828 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The ideal Protestant life was built around two critical events: conversion and death. At the first, the believer received justification and the assurance of salvation; at the second, the promise once received came into its fullness. This pattern was implicit from the earliest days of the Reformation, and when the English Puritans of William Perkins’ school mapped out a schematic for the Protestant life they made it explicit. Theologically, this pattern made a great deal of sense. However, it created a practical problem. Many believers had to endure a tediously long interval between these two high points. How was the good Protestant supposed to pass the time
Art · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Literature · Protestantism · Schematic · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Engineering · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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