Michael Brydon
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199204816
- eISBN:
- 9780191709500
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199204816.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The publication of the Polity was initially a damp squib, but the Reformed hostility of the writer of the Christian Letter combined with a Catholic desire to see Hooker as representative of the ...
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The publication of the Polity was initially a damp squib, but the Reformed hostility of the writer of the Christian Letter combined with a Catholic desire to see Hooker as representative of the English Church helped define a distinctive religious position for him. William Covell’s defence of Hooker took the opportunity to remould him further in support of a growing distaste for the earlier style of the English reformation. Whilst there was still a desire to claim Hooker as a Reformed figure, he was increasingly favoured by avant-garde churchmen.Less
The publication of the Polity was initially a damp squib, but the Reformed hostility of the writer of the Christian Letter combined with a Catholic desire to see Hooker as representative of the English Church helped define a distinctive religious position for him. William Covell’s defence of Hooker took the opportunity to remould him further in support of a growing distaste for the earlier style of the English reformation. Whilst there was still a desire to claim Hooker as a Reformed figure, he was increasingly favoured by avant-garde churchmen.
