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Socinianism, justification by faith, and the sources of John Locke's 'the reasonableness of christianity'

Dewey D. Wallace

Journal of the History of Ideas 45 (1):49 - 66 (1984)

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The biblical roots of Locke's theory of personal identity.Diego Lucci - 2021 - Zygon 56 (1):168-187.details Locke’s consciousness-based theory of personal identity resulted not only from his agnosticism on substance, but also from his biblical theology. This theory was intended to complement and sustain Locke’s moral and theological commitments to a system of otherworldly rewards and sanctions as revealed in Scripture. Moreover, he inferred mortalist ideas from the Bible, rejecting the resurrection of the same body and maintaining that the soul dies at physical death and will be resurrected by divine miracle. Accordingly, personal identity is neither (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
From matters of faith to matters of fact: the problem of priestcraft in early modern England.James A. T. Lancaster - 2018 - Intellectual History Review 28 (1):145-165.details This article details philosophical responses to the problem posed by the existence, whether real or perceived, of priestcraft, a problem that boiled down to a fear that if the custodians of God’s tabernacle were corrupt, so too were the contents of the tabernacle. It first explores the attempts of Edward Herbert and Thomas Hobbes to guarantee the truth of revealed matters of faith in response to their perception of widespread priestcraft, arguing that, while each sought to undermine sacerdotal authority, they (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
John Locke, the early Lockeans, and priestcraft.Mark Goldie - 2018 - Intellectual History Review 28 (1):125-144.details The term “priestcraft” became fashionable in the 1690s. This essay explores its use among the anti-clericals in John Locke’s circle and examines the critique of priestcraft in his own Reasonableness of Christianity (1695). The commentaries and church histories, in correspondence and published treatises, of Benjamin Furly, William Popple, Damaris Masham, William Stephens, and Sir Robert Howard are examined. The Lockean circle remained committed to Christian revelation and, for the most part, to a reformed Church of England, and it is argued (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation

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