Remains of Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter Containing Prologues to the Translation of the Bible, Treatise on Death, Hope of the Faithful, Exhortation to the Carrying of Christ's Cross, Exposition upon the Twenty-Third Psalm, Confutation of the Treatise of John Standish, Defense of a Certain Poor Christian Man, Letters, Ghostly Psalms And... |
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| Author:
| Coverdale, Miles
Coverdale, Miles |
| Editor:
| Pearson, George |
| Series title: | Parker Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55635-066-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers
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| Imprint: | Wipf and Stock |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $67.00 |
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The Parker Society was the London-based Anglican society that printed in fifty-four volumes the works of the leading English Reformers of the sixteenth century. It was formed in 1840 and disbanded in 1855 when its work was completed. Named after Matthew Parker -- the first Elizabethan Archbishop of Canterbury, who was known as a great collector of books -- the stimulus for the foundation of the society was provided by the Tractarian movement, led by John Henry Newman and Edward B....
More DescriptionThe Parker Society was the London-based Anglican society that printed in fifty-four volumes the works of the leading English Reformers of the sixteenth century. It was formed in 1840 and disbanded in 1855 when its work was completed. Named after Matthew Parker -- the first Elizabethan Archbishop of Canterbury, who was known as a great collector of books -- the stimulus for the foundation of the society was provided by the Tractarian movement, led by John Henry Newman and Edward B. Pusey. Some members of this movement spoke disparagingly of the English Reformation, and so some members of the Church of England felt the need to make available in an attractive form the works of the leaders of that Reformation.