The Zenith and Slow Decline of Hooker as the Icon of Restoration Anglicanism
The Zenith and Slow Decline of Hooker as the Icon of Restoration Anglicanism
The Restoration cult of Hooker reached its climax under Charles I. It was challenged during the exclusion crisis, notably by Richard Baxter who claimed Hooker as a Reformed sympathizer and by Algernon Sidney who used the Polity to vest authority in the people, but the ultimate success of the royal party ensured they were swiftly marginalized. Instead, Hooker’s ecclesiastical image continued unchanged and works such as Pariarcha by Sir Robert Filmer ensured that Hooker’s royalist credentials were also bolstered.
Keywords: Richard Baxter, Book VIII, Exclusion, John Locke, Patriarcha, nonconformists, presbyters, Algernon Sidney
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