The English Sermon Volume One - 1550 - 1650. Cet article n’est pas disponible.The English Sermon Volume One - 1550 - 1650

The century of the foundation of the Church of England was also the century of Cranmer, Latimer, Andrewes, Adams, Hooker and Donne. All these contributed to one of the richest and most neglected areas of English literature: the sermon.In this volume Martin Seymour- Smith's selection ranges from Latimer's astonishing Sermon on the Plough to Donne's and Andrewes's learned and exquisitely written pieces. The ser- mons reflect the early struggles of the Church of England, first against the Roman Catholics, and then against the Puritans and others. Those whose work is collected here include martyrs as well as men who carried out their pastoral duties with less political involvement. There are the.