Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

Author: Richard Hooker
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1975
Condition: Hardcover with dust jacket, slight foxing on edges, interior clean
The great Elizabethan divine Richard Hooker has occupied a prominent place in the intellectual history of the Church of England and sixteenth-century Protestantism but his wider significance has often been neglected. In his introduction to this selection of books from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Professor McGrade demonstrates clearly the continued relevance and importance of the particular politico-religious project Hooker undertook and shows that The Laws offer far more than simply an apologia for the Elizabethan religious settlement.