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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Main Author:	Nicolas Bourgès
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2013-03-01
Series:	Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3605

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title	Defining Heresy: the Controversy between James Foster and Henry Stebbing (1735- 1737)
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Defining Heresy: the Controversy between James Foster and Henry Stebbing (1735- 1737)

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