The Naked Truth
A Plea for Church Unity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3678591 |
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| Authors | Ethyn Williams Kirby (0009-0005-7227-9615, Providence College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-61 |
| Publication date | 1938-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3160601 |
| OpenAlex | W2098338035 |
| Language | EN |
In 1676 an anonymous tract made its appearance on the London bookstalls. The title, The Naked Truth: Or, The True State of the Primitive Church, was calculated to appeal to the theologically minded reader, which at that time meant most laymen as well as clergymen. If by posterity the tract has been remembered-when it has been remembered at all -as having inspired Andrew Marvell to create the memorable figure of Mr. Smirke, to its contemporaries it was one of the major events, both from a literary and from a politico-religious standpoint, of its year
Appeal · Art · Literature · Plea · Political science · State (computer science) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Computer Science · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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