Defining Heresy: the Controversy between James Foster and Henry Stebbing (1735- 1737)
From 1735 to 1737 the Baptist preacher James Foster (1697-1753) faced the orthodox Anglican Henry Stebbing ([1687]-1763) in a controversy over the definition of heresy. Their dispute reveals two distinct methods of Bible interpretation and throws light on the tensions prevailing in the eighteenth ce...
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3605 |