The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, vol. 3
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Overview
The third and final volume contains Hooker’s most famous discourses, including A Learned Discourse of Justification, Works, his thoughts on the position and authority of bishops in the Anglican Church, and government authority versus church authority. Edwin Sandys and George Cranmer's appendix on Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity is in this work, as well an index of texts, of principal matters, and a glossary of words.
- Includes Hooker’s most famous works
- Emphasis on tolerance and compassion within the Church
- Contains indexes, appendixes, and an introduction of the life of Hooker
- A Learned and Comfortable Sermon of the Certainty and Perpetuity of Faith in the Elect
- A Learned Discourse of Justification, Works, and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown
- A Supplication Made to the Council by Master Walter Travers
- Mr. Hooker’s Answer to the Supplication that Mr. Travers Made to the Council
- Dedication to the First Edition of Two Sermons on Part of St. Jude
- A Sermon Found Among the Papers of Bishop Andrews
- Title: The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, vol. 3
- Author: Richard Hooker
- Editor: John Keble
- Edition: 6th
- Publisher: Oxford
- Publication Date: 1874
- Pages: 792
Richard Hooker (1554–1600) was born in England. He was an Anglican theologian and priest known for promoting reason and tradition. Hooker wrote extensively on the relationship between Church and State, as well as well interpretation, salvation, and morality. Considered one of the greatest influences on Anglicanism, Hooker was a proponent of Thomas Aquinas. He was acclaimed by Elizabeth I and James I.