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Richard Hooker

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The United Kingdom

Died

November 03, 1600

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Richard Hooker (March 1554 – 3 November 1600) was an Anglican priest and an influential theologian. Hooker's emphases on reason, tolerance and the value of tradition considerably influenced the development of Anglicanism. He was the co-founder (with Thomas Cranmer and Matthew Parker) of Anglican theological thought. Hooker's great Elizabethan guide to Church Government and Discipline is both a masterpiece of English prose and one of the bulwarks of the Established Church in England. Hooker projected eight books for the great work. The first four books of Ecclesiastical Polity appeared in 1593, Book V in 1597. Hooker died in 1600 at the age of forty-six and the remaining three books were completed, though not revised, before his death. The m ...more

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	Radicalism: When Reform Becomes Revolution: The Preface to Hooker's Laws: A Modernization by Richard Hooker, W. Bradford Littlejohn (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Brad Belschner (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 88 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity In Modern English, Vol. 1 by Richard Hooker, W. Bradford Littlejohn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brad Belschner (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 81 ratings — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divine Law and Human Nature: Book I of Hooker's Laws: A Modernization by Richard Hooker, Brian Marr (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Brad Belschner (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.49 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Word Made Flesh for Us: A Treatise on Christology and the Sacraments from Hooker's Law by Richard Hooker, W. Bradford Littlejohn (Goodreads Author) (editor), Patrick Timmis (editor) 4.52 avg rating — 62 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Learned Discourse on Justification in Modern English 4.50 avg rating — 54 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity 3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1593 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Defense of Reformed Catholic Worship (Book IV of Hooker's Laws: A Modernization) by Richard Hooker, W. Bradford Littlejohn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Marr (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 40 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Word of God and the Words of Man: Books II and III of Richard Hooker's Laws: A Modernization by Richard Hooker, W. Bradford Littlejohn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Marr (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Learned Discourse of Justification 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Richard Hooker: Of The Laws Of Ecclesiastical Polity, A Remedy Against Sorrow And Fear, A Learned Sermon Of The Nature Of Pride, and More (8 Books With Active Table of Contents) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is not consistent with the duty we owe our heavenly Father to disobey the ordinances of our mother the Church. Let us not say we keep the commandments of the one, when we break the law of the other; for unless we observe both, we obey neither.”
― Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity In Modern English, Vol. 1

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“There are two opinions concerning the sufficiency of Holy Scripture, each opposite to the other, but both repugnant to the truth. Rome teaches Scripture to be so insufficient that, without adding traditions, it would not contain all revealed and supernatural truth necessary for salvation. Others, rightly condemning this view, fall into the opposite ditch—just as dangerous—thinking that Scripture contains not only all things necessary for salvation, but indeed simply all things, such that to do anything according to any other law is not only unnecessary to salvation but unlawful, sinful, and downright damnable.”
― Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity In Modern English, Vol. 1

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“Doctrines such as the unity of God, the trinity of Persons, salvation in Christ, the resurrection of the body, eternal life, the judgment to come, and so forth have all existed since the beginning of the Church, and must be believed to the end.”
― Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity In Modern English, Vol. 1

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