The Heavenly Pattern of the Church

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" The Heavenly Pattern of the Church "
Simon J. G. Burton

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065726
Doc. No	:	LA109355
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01001005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Simon J. G. Burton
Title & Author	:	The Heavenly Pattern of the Church [Article]\ Simon J. G. Burton
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Ecclesiology
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/1
Page No	:	53–75
Abstract	:	The ecclesiology of Richard Baxter (1615–91) has long been a matter of dispute. In particular, his role in the Restoration debates over the settlement of the Church of England from 1660–2 and as a leader of the Nonconformist party thereafter has been a source of considerable confusion. In this article it is argued that from at least the 1650s onwards Baxter was motivated by an ‘Association ecclesiology’ – a desire to comprehend as many confessions as possible around the fundamentals of the Gospel – which displays marked affinities to Archbishop James Ussher’s system of reduced episcopacy. In this the twin themes of unity and discipline become rooted within a distinctive Trinitarian and covenantal framework, which unfolds in his mature ecclesiology into a moving vision of the universal Church reunited in bonds of love towards God and one another. The ecclesiology of Richard Baxter (1615–91) has long been a matter of dispute. In particular, his role in the Restoration debates over the settlement of the Church of England from 1660–2 and as a leader of the Nonconformist party thereafter has been a source of considerable confusion. In this article it is argued that from at least the 1650s onwards Baxter was motivated by an ‘Association ecclesiology’ – a desire to comprehend as many confessions as possible around the fundamentals of the Gospel – which displays marked affinities to Archbishop James Ussher’s system of reduced episcopacy. In this the twin themes of unity and discipline become rooted within a distinctive Trinitarian and covenantal framework, which unfolds in his mature ecclesiology into a moving vision of the universal Church reunited in bonds of love towards God and one another.
Descriptor	:	covenant
Descriptor	:	discipline
Descriptor	:	james ussher
Descriptor	:	reduced episcopacy
Descriptor	:	richard baxter
Descriptor	:	trinity
Descriptor	:	unity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01001005‬