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James Ussher and John Bramhall - The Theology and Politics of Two Irish Ecclesiastics of the Seventeenth Century (Paperback)
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James Ussher and John Bramhall - The Theology and Politics of Two Irish Ecclesiastics of the Seventeenth Century (Paperback)
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This book examines the lives of two leading Irish ecclesiastics,
James Ussher (1581-1656) and John Bramhall (1594-1663). Both men
were key players in the religious struggles that shook the British
Isles during the first half of the seventeenth century, and their
lives and works provide important insights into the ecclesiastical
history of early modern Europe. As well as charting the careers of
Ussher and Bramhall, this study introduces an original and
revealing method for examining post-Reformation religion. Arguing
that the Reformation was stimulated by religious impulses that
pre-date Christianity, it introduces a biblical concept of
'Justice' and 'Numinous' motifs to provide a unique perspective on
ecclesiastical development. Put simply, these motifs represent on
the one hand, the fear of God's judgement, and on the other, the
sacred conception of the fear of God. These subtle understandings
that co-existed in the Catholic church were split apart at the
Reformation and proved to be separate poles around which different
interpretations of Protestantism gathered. By applying these looser
concepts to Ussher and Bramhall, rather than rigid labels such as
Arminian, Laudian or Calvinist, a more subtle understanding of
their careers is possible, and provides an altogether more
satisfactory method of denominational categorisation than the ones
presently employed, not just for the British churches but for the
history of the Reformation as a whole.
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