The English Church in the Eighteenth Century. John Henry Overton

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       John Henry Overton, Charles J. Abbey

      The English Church in the Eighteenth Century

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664628831

Table of Contents

       THE ENGLISH CHURCH

       IN THE

       EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

       CHAPTER I.

       INTRODUCTORY.

       CHAPTER II.

       ROBERT NELSON, HIS FRIENDS, AND CHURCH PRINCIPLES.

       CHAPTER III.

       THE DEISTS.

       CHAPTER IV.

       LATITUDINARIAN CHURCHMANSHIP.

       CHAPTER V.

       LATITUDINARIAN CHURCHMANSHIP.

       CHAPTER VI.

       THE TRINITARIAN CONTROVERSY.

       CHAPTER VII.

       ENTHUSIASM.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       CHURCH ABUSES.

       CHAPTER IX.

       THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL.

       CHAPTER X.

       CHURCH FABRICS AND SERVICES.

       APPENDIX.

       LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED OR REFERRED TO.

       INDEX.

       CHAPTER I.

      INTRODUCTORY.

      (C.J. Abbey.)

       Revived interest in the religious life of the eighteenth century 1

       Lowered tone prevalent during a great part of the period 2

       Loss of strength in the Puritan and Nonjuring ejections 3

       Absorbing speculations connected with the Deistical controversy 4

       Development of the ground principles of the Reformation 5

       Fruits of the Deistical controversy 6

       Its relation to the Methodist and Evangelical revivals 7

       Impetus to Protestant feeling in the Revolution of 1689 8

       Projects of Church comprehension 8

       Methodism and the Church 9

       The French Revolution 10

       Passive Obedience and Divine Right 10

       Jacobitism 11

       Loss of the Nonjuring type of High Churchmen 12

       Toleration 13

       Church and State 15

       Respect for the Church 16

       Early part of the century richest in incident 17

       Religious societies 17

       The Sacheverell trial 18

       Convocation 19

       The later Nonjurors 19

       The Essayists 20

       Hoadly and the Bangorian controversy 21

       The Methodist and Evangelical movements 21