An Apology Of The Church Of England by John Jewel
or Answer in Defence of the Church of England
A vigorous defense of the English Reformation, arguing that the national church sought not novelty but a return to the purity of Scripture and the consensus of the early fathers. It refutes charges of schism and heresy by rejecting papal supremacy, indulgences, and other late medieval accretions, while affirming justification by faith, the primacy of Scripture, and the right use of the sacraments. The work contends that vernacular worship and access to the Bible are essential, that abuses and superstitions must be corrected, and that civil authority may lawfully reform the church. Overall, it presents the reformed church as catholic in faith and order, purged of corruptions rather than separated from true antiquity.
- Published
- 1562
- Nationality
- English
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Latin
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- Alternate Titles
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- Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae
- Apology of the Church of England
- The Apology of the Church of England
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