Hooker, Richard
HOOKER, RICHARD (1554–1600), was an apologist and theologian of the Church of England, famous for his work Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (hereafter cited as Laws). Born a...
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Hooker, Richard(1553–1600)
Richard Hooker, the English theologian and social and political philosopher, was born at Heavitree, near Exeter. His family was poor but well connected, and in 1568 B...
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The English divine Richard Hooker (1554-1600) is best known for his "Ecclesiastical Polity," a work that provided a solid theological basis for the newly established Church of England.Nothing is known...
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Richard Hooker was an Elizabethan of the greatest importance. He is remembered today almost exclusively for Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity: Eight Books (1593-1662), his magnum opus. In the comp...
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