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This volume proposes a method for reading Milton's De Doctrina
Christiana as an artifact of his process of theological thinking
rather than as a repository of his doctrinal views. Jason A. Kerr
argues that reading in this way involves attention to the complex
material state of the manuscript along with Milton's varying modes
of engagement with scripture and various theological interlocutors,
and reveals that Milton's approach to theology underwent
significant change in the course of his work on the treatise.
Initially, Milton set out to use Ramist logic to organize scripture
in a way that drew out its intrinsic doctrinal structure. This
method had two unintended consequences: it drove Milton to an
antitrinitarian understanding of the Son of God, and it obliged him
to reflect on his own authority as an interpreter and to develop an
ecclesiology capable of sifting divine truth from human error.
Consequently, Milton's Theological Process explores the complex
interplay between Milton's preconceived theological ideas and his
willingness to change his mind as it develops through the layers of
revision in the manuscript. Kerr concludes by considering Paradise
Lost as a vehicle for Milton's further reflection on the
foundations of theology—and by showing how even the epic presents
challenges to the fruits of these reflections. Reading Milton
theologically means more than working to ascertain his doctrinal
views; it means attending critically to his messy process of
evaluating and rethinking the doctrinal views to which his prior
study had led him.
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