Title Suspicious moderate : the life and writings of Francis à Sancta Clara (1598-1680) / Anne Ashley Davenport

Published Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 668 pages) Contents Anti-Catholicism and the Sanctity of Conscience -- In the Clink -- A Youth from Coventry -- Franciscan Probabilism and the Gift of Conscience -- "Problematicall Supererogation" -- Deus, natura, gratia -- A Detailed Look -- A Conspiracy (English Suite) -- Apologia Episcoporum -- Spars of a Shipwreck -- Debate over Infallibility -- Systema Fidei -- Hobbes Modestly Accosted -- The Piety and Equity of Soul-Freedom -- Enchyridion of Faith -- Religio Philosophi -- Self-Censorship without Self-Suppression -- Epilogue Summary "The historiography of English Catholicism has grown enormously in the last generation, led by scholars such as Peter Lake, Michael Questier, Stefania Tutino, and others. In Suspicious Moderate, Anne Ashley Davenport makes a significant contribution to that literature by presenting a long overdue intellectual biography of the influential English Catholic theologian Francis à Sancta Clara (1598-1680). Born into a Protestant family in Coventry at the end of the sixteenth century, Sancta Clara joined the Franciscan order in 1617. He played key roles in reviving the English Franciscan province and in the efforts that were sponsored by Charles I to reunite the Church of England with Rome. In his voluminous Latin writings, he defended moderate Anglican doctrines, championed the separation of church and state, and called for state protection of freedom of conscience. Suspicious Moderate offers the first detailed analysis of Sancta Clara's works. In addition to his notorious Deus, natura, gratia (1634), Sancta Clara wrote a comprehensive defense of episcopacy (1640), a monumental treatise on ecumenical councils (1649), and a treatise on natural philosophy and miracles (1662). By carefully examining the context of Sancta Clara's ideas, Davenport argues that he aimed at educating English Roman Catholics into a depoliticized and capacious Catholicism suited to personal moral reasoning in a pluralistic world. In the course of her research, Davenport also discovered that 'Philip Scot, ' the author of the earliest English discussions of Hobbes (a treatise published in 1650), was none other than Sancta Clara. Davenport demonstrates how Sancta Clara joined the effort to fight Hobbes's Erastianism by carefully reflecting on Hobbes's pioneering ideas and by attempting to find common ground with him, no matter how slight"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 22, 2017) Subject Franciscus a Sancta Clara, 1598-1680. Franciscus a Sancta Clara, 1598-1680 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Franciscus a Sancta Clara, 1598-1680 fast Subject Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Biography. Franciscans -- England -- Biography Catholic Church -- England -- History -- 17th century Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 17th century Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Franciscans fast Subject Theologians -- England -- Biography RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic. HISTORY -- Modern -- 17th Century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious. HISTORY -- Modern -- 17th Century. Clergy Political and social views Theologians Theology, Doctrinal SUBJECT England -- Church history -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043268 Subject England Genre/Form Biographies Church history History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017013688 ISBN 9780268101008 0268101000 9780268100995 0268100993 0268100977 9780268100971

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