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Chapter 2 - Andrewes’ Political Theology

from Part I - Laudianism: Where It Came From

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2023

Peter Lake
Peter Lake
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
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This chapter looks at Andrewes’ political theology, that is to say his vision of divine right monarchy and the absolute powers of the prince over both church and state; notions that are placed in the overarching structures of his theological position. In the process, the populist principles of the Jesuits and the presbyterians are revealed, in Andrewes’ view, equally and equivalently anti-monarchical in their effects. Andrewes held the injunctions to fear God and to fear the king to be equally compelling and mutually reinforcing injunctions: loyalty to the prince being just another facet of faith in and obedience to God.

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divine rightabsolute monarchypoperypresbyterianismchurchstate
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On Laudianism
Piety, Polemic and Politics During the Personal Rule of Charles I
 , pp. 59 - 65
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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