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Mystery Unveiled

The Crisis of the Trinity in Early Modern England

  • Hardback
  • 512 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 3.2 cm

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For scholars and students of early modern theology

Unveils the complexities of Trinitarian doctrine debates

You will gain insights into the evolution of Christian thought

Explore the profound debates on the Trinity in early modern England.
Paul C. H. Lim offers an insightful examination of the polemical debates about the doctrine of the Trinity in seventeenth-century England, showing that this philosophical and theological re-configuration significantly impacted the politics of religion in the early modern period. Through analysis of these heated polemics, Lim shows how Trinitarian God-Talk became untenable in many ecclesiastical and philosophical circles, which led to the emergence of Unitarianism. He also demonstrates that those who continued to embrace Trinitarian doctrine articulated their piety and theological perspectives in an increasingly secularized culture of discourse. Drawing on both unexplored manuscripts and well-known treatises of Continental and English provenance, he unearths the complex layers of the polemic: from biblical exegesis to reception history of patristic authorities, from popular religious radicalism during the Civil War to Puritan spirituality, from Continental Socinians to English anti-trinitarians who avowed their relative independent theological identity, from the notion of the Platonic captivity of primitive Christianity to that of Plato as
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  • Author

    Paul C.h. Lim (associate Professor Of The History Of Christianity, Associate Professor Of The History Of Christianity, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tn)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    September 2012

  • Weight

    795g

  • Page Count

    512

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 3.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195339468

  • ISBN-10

    0195339460

  • Eden Code

    4033437

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