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Bishops and Puritans in Early Jacobean England: A Perspective on Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Ogbu U. Kalu
Ogbu U. Kalu
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Mr. Kalu is lecturer in reliqion inthe University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
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King James I's reign was a landmark in the history of the Anglican Church. His religious settlement included the codification of the canons which gave definition and cohesion to the church and reformed her adminstrative machinery. But this touched off a pamphlet war as puritan propaganda sought to force a reappraisal of the settlement. They alleged that bishops harassed and deprived hard-working, conscientious, loyal clergymen who merely rejected the ceremonies. The bishops employed young apologists to discredit the opposition and plead for conformity. They claimed that only thirty to sixty puritan clerics were deprived.

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Church History , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , December 1976 , pp. 469 - 489
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1976

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