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Law, Liberty and Church - Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England (Paperback)
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Law, Liberty and Church - Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England (Paperback)
Series: Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
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Law, Liberty and Church examines the presuppositions that underlie
authority in the five largest Churches in England - the Church of
England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the
United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union. Examining what has
influenced their development, and how the patterns of authority
that exist today have evolved, Gordon Arthur explores the
contributions of Scripture, Roman Legal Theory, and Greek
Philosophy. This book shows how the influence of Roman legal theory
has caused inflexibility, and at times authoritarianism in the
Roman Catholic Church; it explores how the influence of reason and
moderation has led the Church of England to focus on inclusiveness,
often at the cost of clarity; it expounds the attempts of the Free
Churches to establish liberty of conscience, leading them at times
to a more democratic and individualistic approach. Finally Arthur
offers an alternative view of authority, and sets out some of the
challenges this view presents to the Churches.
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