Publisher: P&R ISBN: 9780875526126 Item #: 9635

Binding: Paperback Chapters: Page Count: 416

By Robert Letham-- Drawing on new primary source material,the book places the Westminster Assembly and its theology in its historical context in the midst of the first English Civil War. It considers the Assembly's theology in terms of the unfolding development of doctrine in the Reformed churches, in connection with the preceding and current events in English history, and locates it in relation to the catholic tradition of the western church.

The book asks exactly what the divines meant at each stage of their task. At a time when claims are made from various quarters that particular theologies can lay primary claim to represent historic Reformed doctrine, it is particularly important to grasp accurately what this actually is.

Publication Date: 2009