An Apologeticall Narration, Hvmbly svbmitted to the Honourable Houses of Parliament. By Tho: Goodwin, Philip Nye, Sidrach Simpson, Jer: Burroughes, William Bridge. London, Printed for Robert Dawlman, M.DC.XLIII. [1643] was a theological tract submitted by five Independent preachers to the English Parliament on 3 January 1644 as a part of the debates taking place during the Westminster Assembly.
The pamphlet can be seen as a manifesto of congregationalism, under which churches would be independently organised, although maintaining fraternal links. The two biggest evils for these Congregationalists (or Independents) were sectarianism and intolerance (although there were some limits to tolerance).[2] But while arguing for some measure of congregationalist independence, the pamphlet also aimed to reassure the presbyterian majority that the gathering of independent churches would not create ecclesiastical disorder. Thus, the authors maintained, it was not necessary to secure uniformity in the new constitution of the Church of England. This conciliatory tone accounts for the harsh judgements on the separatists and the Brownists.[3]
Despite the book deliberately seeking a moderate, indeed "apologeticall," tone, it launched an enormous amount of printed debate that definitively split the godly community into the presbyterian and independent factions.[4] This included a rebuttal by Adam Steuart, published in February.[5]
English historian Veronica Wedgwood argues that submitting the tract directly to Parliament, rather than the Westminster Assembly, was an effective way of bringing the authors' point of view to a wider public without exposing it to contest in the Assembly, where it would have faced being out-argued and they themselves would have been outnumbered.[6]
^Stewart, Angus. "The Westminster Confession and Church Unity". Covenant Protestant Reformed Church. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^Rose, Jaqueline (2011). Godly Kingship in Restoration England: The Politics of The Royal Supremacy, 1660–1688 CUP. ISBN9781139499675. p. 80
^Jones, Robert Tudur; Dix, Kenneth; Ruston, Alan (2006). Protestant Nonconformist Texts: 1550 to 1700. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 151. ISBN978-0-7546-3864-3.
^Taylor, Stephen; Tapsell, Grant (2013). The Nature of the English Revolution Revisited: Essays in Honour of John Morrill. Boydell Press. pp. 36–39. ISBN978-1-84383-818-0.
^Some Observations and Annotations upon the Apologetical Narration (1644)
^C. V. Wedgwood (1958), The King's War 1641–1647, Collins, p. 285, OL 25430542M
Further readingEdit
Goodwin, Thomas; Nye, Philip; Simpson, Sidrach; Burroughes, Jerermiah; Bridge, William (1643). "An apologeticall narration, humbly submitted to the Honourable Houses of Parliament". London.
August 25, 2023
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