Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wales, Lampeter, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-319) and index.
Contents:
An overview of the doctrine of perspicuity of Scripture and its place in historical theology from the first century through the Middle Ages. An overview of the doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture ; The Apostolic church ; The post-Apostolic church ; The Middle Ages ; The transition to the Reformation -- Scriptural perspicuity in the continental Reformation. Martin Luther ; John Calvin ; Uniformity, divergence and emergence ; Perspicuity of Scripture and the development of fundamental theological loci in post-Reformation Protestant scholasticism and the Westminster Confession of Faith -- The historiography of the early English Reformation and a review of pertinent literature. The historiography of the early English Reformation ; Review of pertinent literature -- Scriptural perspicuity in the theology of John Wyclif and Lollardy -- The doctrine of perspicuity in the theology of William Tyndale. Restrictions on clearly understanding scripture ; Tyndale's exegetical tools -- The doctrine of perspicuity of Thomas Cranmer.
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