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Kichard Hooker
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Volume Part
Six,
One
Richard Hooker
Of the Laws
of
Ecclesiastical Polity
Introductions;
Commentary,
Preface and
Books I— IV
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medieval
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Richard Hooker. /
W. p.
Speed cm.
(Medieval
Of die
laws of ecclesiastical polity
Hill, general editor
— (The Folger
& Renaissance
;
John E. Booty
:
introductions and
... [et
al.],
commentary
contributing editors,
Library edition of die works of Richard Hooker, v. 6)
&
Texts
Studies; v. 106)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-86698-152-7 1.
Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 1554-1600.
Ecclesiastical polity.
2.
Church of Eng-
land—Doctrines—Early Works to 1800. 3. Church polity—Early Works to 1800. 4. Ecclesiastical law