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The Heavenly Pattern of the Church
[Article]
Simon J. G. Burton
Leiden
Brill
The ecclesiology of Richard Baxter (1615-91) has long been a matter of dispute. In particular, his role in the Restoration debates over the settlement of the Church of England from 1660-2 and as a leader of the Nonconformist party thereafter has been a source of considerable confusion. In this article it is argued that from at least the 1650s onwards Baxter was motivated by an 'Association ecclesiology' - a desire to comprehend as many confessions as possible around the fundamentals of the Gospel - which displays marked affinities to Archbishop James Ussher's system of reduced episcopacy. In this the twin themes of unity and discipline become rooted within a distinctive Trinitarian and covenantal framework, which unfolds in his mature ecclesiology into a moving vision of the universal Church reunited in bonds of love towards God and one another. The ecclesiology of Richard Baxter (1615-91) has long been a matter of dispute. In particular, his role in the Restoration debates over the settlement of the Church of England from 1660-2 and as a leader of the Nonconformist party thereafter has been a source of considerable confusion. In this article it is argued that from at least the 1650s onwards Baxter was motivated by an 'Association ecclesiology' - a desire to comprehend as many confessions as possible around the fundamentals of the Gospel - which displays marked affinities to Archbishop James Ussher's system of reduced episcopacy. In this the twin themes of unity and discipline become rooted within a distinctive Trinitarian and covenantal framework, which unfolds in his mature ecclesiology into a moving vision of the universal Church reunited in bonds of love towards God and one another.
2014
53-75
Ecclesiology
10/1
1745-5316
covenant
discipline
james ussher
reduced episcopacy
richard baxter
trinity
unity
Simon J. G. Burton
10.1163/17455316-01001005
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