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Author Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535.

Title English works of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (1469-1535) : sermons and other writings, 1520-1535 / edited by Cecilia A. Hatt
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 465 pages)
Contents Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; EDITORIAL PRACTICE AND TEXTS; General Editorial Practice; Editions; 1. A BRIEF LIFE OF JOHN FISHER; 2. ENGLISH WORKS OF JOHN FISHER: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; The Medieval Sermon Tradition; John Fisher and the Early Sixteenth Century; Structure and Style in Fisher's Sermons; John Fisher and the Critics; 3. PREACHING AT PAUL'S CROSS; 4. PREACHING AGAINST LUTHER; Introduction to John Fisher's Controversial Sermons; The sermon ... made agayn the pernicious doctryn of Martin luther [1521]; Commentary
A sermon ... concernynge certayne heretickes [1526]Commentary; 5. TWO FRUITFUL SERMONS; Introduction; Here after ensueth two fruytfull Sermons [1520/1]; Commentary; 6. A SERMON PREACHED ON GOOD FRIDAY; Introduction; A Sermon ... Preached vpon a good Friday; Commentary; 7. TOWER WRITINGS; Introduction; A spirituall consolation [1534-5]; Commentary; The wayes to perfect Religion [1534-5]; Commentary; Appendix 1: Heresies, Doctrinal Controversies, and and Church Councils; Appendix 2: A Prayer to God the Father, written in the Tower of London; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References
General IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary This volume contains works printed for the first time since the 16th century, by one of the most distinguished churchmen and celebrated preachers of his time. He was beheaded by Henry VIII for his opposition to the king's divorce to Catherine of Aragon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-455) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800
Catholic Church -- Sermons.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Sermons, English -- 16th century.
RELIGION -- Christian.
Sermons, English
Theology, Doctrinal
Genre/Form Sermons, English
Early works
Sermons
Form Electronic book
Author Hatt, Cecilia A.
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0198270119
9780198270119
9780191520730
019152073X