Anabaptists in the reign of Henry VIII; the emergence of the conventiclers; the King's Bench Prison dispute; the Oxford connection; reconciliation - attempted and thwarted; "the careless by neccessity"; Elizabethan sequel.
An exploration of the opposition of a Lollard-like group of
free-willers to the official teaching of the Edwardian church on
predestination... Theirs is a fascinating story. Casts fresh light
on Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London... raises someextremely
interesting questions about the true nature of the English Church
of the period, and the gulf which, Dr Penny plausibly argues,
existed between high-ranking churchmen and many ordinary
believers.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*
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