James Ussher: Theology, History, and Politics in Early-Modern Ireland and Englan

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James Ussher by Alan Ford Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Though known for dating the creation of the world to 4004BC, James Ussher was an important scholar and ecclesiastical leader in the 17th-century. Tracing the interconnections between the scholarship and his ecclesiastical and political interests, this work throws light on the character of a seminal figure in the history of Irish Protestantism. Publisher Description Though known today largely for dating the creation of the world to 4004BC, James Ussher (1581-1656) was an important scholar and ecclesiastical leader in the seventeenth century. As Professor of Theology at Trinity College Dublin, and Archbishop of Armagh from 1625, he shaped the newly protestant Church of Ireland. Tracing its roots back to St Patrick, he gave it a sense of Irish identity and provided a theology which was strongly Calvinist and fiercelyanti-Catholic. In exile in England in the 1640s he advised both king and parliament, trying to heal the ever-widening rift by devising a compromise over church government. Forced finally to choose sides by theoutbreak of civil war in 1642, Ussher opted for the royalists, but found it difficult to combine his loyalty to Charles with his detestation of Catholicism. A meticulous scholar and an extensive researcher, Ussher had a breathtaking command of languages and disciplines - learned to a miracle according to one of his friends. He worked on a series of pr

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2007
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199274444
• Condition: Fine

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