Chapman and Webster on Matrimony
The Poets and the Reformation of Ritual
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16348809 |
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| Authors | Richard F Hardin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-73 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v16i1.12733 |
| OpenAlex | W2724199040 |
| Language | EN |
The age of the Tudors and Stuarts is one of continuous rebellion in religious worship, as successive generations of Protestants broke with the vestments, ceremonies, and even sacraments of medieval Christianity. Especially important in these developments is the argument frequently voiced in Puritan attacks on orthodox worship, and just as frequently assumed, that the physical worid is at best a feeble reminder, and more likely a pollutant, of the spiritual. William Perkins went so far as to correct St. Paul on this subject. Concerning the apostle's exhortation, "Glorifie God in your bodies and in your spirits" (I Cor. 6. 20), Perkins warned his readers
Art · History · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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