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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"adiaphora"”.
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Giving and Thanksgiving: Gratitude and Adiaphora in A Mask and Paradise Regained
… about the doctrine of things indifferent, or adiaphora, and I argue that this context helps explain Milton's interest in gratitude. The first section of this thesis accordingly reviews the historical and theological context of the adiaphora controversy, while the second examines Milton's more …
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John Cotton's Middle Way
… of the English Church and his doctrine of adiaphora . Adiaphora, also called indifferent matters, were religious practices or doctrines that led neither to salvation nor damnation. During his English ministry, Cotton taught that most of the ceremonial practices that divided many Puritans …
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Theological Essentialism at the Enlightenment: The Doctrine of Fundamental Articles of the Faith in Daniel Waterland (1683-1740)
This doctoral thesis represents the first full length historical and comparative analysis of both the contextual catalysts and the originality of the theologically essentialist writings by Church of England theologian Daniel Waterland (1683-1740). Overviewing the most relevant contemporary …