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The Development of Democracy in the English Reformation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

R. E. E. Harkness
Affiliation:
Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa.

Extract

The English Reformation appeals to an American student of Christian history largely, perhaps, because of his cultural heritage of language and customs, political philosophy and organizations, and religious views and institutions. There is in the study something of the pleasure of looking up one's family tree; the pride of discovering some noble ancestor, who worthily served his day, firmly established in its branches and the equally joyous, though perhaps guilty, thrill upon finding some other ancestor, not quite so worthy, hanging from one of the strong oak limbs of the ancient tree.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Church History 1939

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