Law, Liberty and Church

Law, Liberty and Church

Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England

Arthur, Gordon

Taylor & Francis Ltd

09/2006

222

Dura

Inglês

9780754654377

15 a 20 dias

Examines the presuppositions that underlie authority in the five largest Churches in England - the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union. This book explores the contributions of Scripture, Roman Legal Theory, and Greek Philosophy.
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Authority in the New Testament; Authority in the major English churches; Justice in the Bible, Roman law and Greek philosophy; Roman canon law, power and justice; English canon law since the Reformation; Liberty, democracy and individualism; Do the Free Churches also have canon law?; Where now?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
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