Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity was a defense of the practices and beliefs of the Anglican Church against the Puritans, written by Richard Hooker in 1593. It is written in Elizabethanprose. The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. ... The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ... Richard Hooker was the name of a sixteenth century Anglican theologian; Richard Hooker is also the pseudonym under which author H. Richard Hornberger wrote novels, including his most famous, M*A*S*H. This is a disambiguation page â a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. ... Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of everyday speech. ...
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He applied to law dictionaries and digests within his reach, in the hope of being directed to the source whence they derived their learning, but be was too often disappointed; they seldom pointed out the authorities where the object of his inquiry might be found.
By the ancient laws of Normandy, this term was used to signify the act of one who, having an apparent right of possession to an estate, took possession of it immediately after the death of the actual possessor, before the heir entered.
Chitty on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown.
Ecclesiasticalpolity is the operational and governance structure of a church or Christian denomination.
It was during this period that Richard Hooker wrote Of the Laws of EcclesiasticalPolity to defend the polity of the Church of England against the Puritans.
Presbyterian polity is of course the characteristic gonvernance of Presbyterian churches.