tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post4169111395087183537..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Were the Anglican Whigs HypocritesBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-38477654011026970832009-07-18T18:41:26.110-06:002009-07-18T18:41:26.110-06:00Very nice, Mr. Notions. The English Civil War of ...Very nice, Mr. Notions. The English Civil War of the 1600s has great relevance to the religio-political landscape of the American Revolution.<br /><br />I hope you'll stop by again. I looked at your blog and like your approach to source documents, to understand the writers as they understood themselves.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-6519641722551287762009-07-17T22:47:58.034-06:002009-07-17T22:47:58.034-06:00The dissension of American Anglicans during this t...The dissension of American Anglicans during this time was not the first - a century earlier approximately 2,000 Anglican clergy with Puritan leanings left the clergy in 1662 when they were forced to renounce taking up arms against the King and conform to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.<br /><br />So, though the Anglican church taught unlimited allegiance to the King, many Anglicans were unwilling to affirm this.folk notionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279606910708529122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-28946539796344149692009-07-16T16:08:35.790-06:002009-07-16T16:08:35.790-06:00Did others than the clergy swear loyalty?Did others than the clergy swear loyalty?Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-13740273025963227762009-07-16T15:43:02.865-06:002009-07-16T15:43:02.865-06:00You are right that most clergyman stayed loyal. B...You are right that most clergyman stayed loyal. But other officials and many laymen stayed loyal; and I'd imagine their political-theological Anglicanism complete with the oaths that they took may have weighed on their consciences.<br /><br />The one newly appointed Bishop who was a Whig -- one the FFs loved and considered honest -- Bishop James Madison, as we have seen, his Whiggery led him to believe in some out there things.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-67472855907504464022009-07-16T14:57:54.126-06:002009-07-16T14:57:54.126-06:00It was the clergymen who swore to the king, and it...It was the clergymen who swore to the king, and it gave many or most of them a lot of trouble.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)<br /><br />When stuck, some of them figured the Glorious Revolution in there somewhere, but most clergymen stayed loyal according at least to the Wiki.<br /><br />"Hypocrite" is a kinda boring line of argument. It requires everyone except the person making the charge to be a sitting duck. Life---and conscience---are more, um, nuanced than that.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com