15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 199
 

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17th-Century Theology A collection of theological pamphlets bound as one. Various dates and...

17th-Century Theology
A collection of theological pamphlets bound as one. Various dates and publishers, 1670-88. 8vo, full calf; pp. [4], xliii, [1]39, [1]; [20], 20; [6], 42; [4], 33, [1]; [2], 37-134, [2]; [4], xxiv, [2], 45, [1]; [8], 88; [4], 5-6, 3-4, 781, [1]; [8], 128, [2]; [8], 75, [1].
Interestingly for theology printed in England during the latter half of the 17th-century, there is a heavy Catholic bent to the pamphlets collected here. In particular, the first three are focused on the Blessed Virgin Mary - although from three very different perspectives. The first is a life (although described as 'According to Romish writers'), the second an English translation of a French Catholic's warning to his co-religionists about errors incurred through to great a devotion to Mary, the third by a self-described 'true CATHOLICK of the Church of England' is a Discourse in her honour. The strange contradictions and conflicting purposes - even within specific denominations- shows something of the shifting ideological sands of this complicated time. The dissension between different paradigms becomes more apparent in later works, with a discussion of the 'Agreement' between the Anglican and Roman churches immediately followed by 'The Difference' written in direct opposition to the previous. The collection gives space both to an argument by Nonconformists in favour of lay-communion and one detailing miraculous acknowledgements of the Sacrament from animals and birds (including caterpillars and dragons revenging injury to the Sacrament and a whale giving its back for the Eucharist) - this latter ends with a license stating it says 'nothing contrary to Faith or good Manners'. A window into the both the theological minutiae which decided the fate of people's souls and the wider superstitions and beliefs which accreted to the Christian religion - much to the disgust of stricter Protestant writers.

Sold for £70
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

. Binding a touch worn, joints cracking but still good, internally variable but generally clean.

 


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