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The Book of Faith: A Modern English Translation

by J. A. T. Smith, Reginald Pecock

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: UCLA Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studie
  • 12.7 x 20.4 x 1.4 cm

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Reginald Pecock (ca. 1390-1459) was the cause of a great scandal for the late medieval Church. In the autumn of 1457, the bishop of Chichester confessed, among other things, that the Church itself could err in matters of faith. On the eve of the Protestant Reformation, however, a high-ranking cleric making such a claim was both embarrassing and a big liability. The Book of Faith, finished just months before Pecock's disgrace, is the only record of this claim. Whether Pecock wrote portions of the treatise in anticipation of an assault that he already saw being set in motion against him, or whether it unintentionally foreshadowed what the highest levels of clerical dissent could look like, this book nonetheless represents a unique attempt to reconcile a critical laity with a conservative Church.In the only modern English translation of Pecock's work, the impassioned, earnest, and often exasperated bishop comes to life-and along with him the drama of religious dissent in the pre-Reformation English Church.
The Book of Faith: A Modern English Translation and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityThe Book of Faith: A Modern English Translation
  • Author

    Reginald Pecock

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    UCLA Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studie

  • Published

    November 2020

  • Weight

    264g

  • Dimensions

    12.7 x 20.4 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781735801506

  • ISBN-10

    173580150X

  • Eden Code

    5515151

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