Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- A note on dating and quotations from manuscripts
- 1 Scottish reconciler
- 2 Call for an ecumenical council
- 3 Oath of Allegiance
- 4 Foreign visitors
- 5 The Synod of Tonneins
- 6 Relations with the Greek Orthodox Church
- 7 Marco Antonio De Dominis
- 8 The Synod of Dort
- 9 Outbreak of the Thirty Years' War
- 10 Last years and conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH HISTORY
4 - Foreign visitors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- A note on dating and quotations from manuscripts
- 1 Scottish reconciler
- 2 Call for an ecumenical council
- 3 Oath of Allegiance
- 4 Foreign visitors
- 5 The Synod of Tonneins
- 6 Relations with the Greek Orthodox Church
- 7 Marco Antonio De Dominis
- 8 The Synod of Dort
- 9 Outbreak of the Thirty Years' War
- 10 Last years and conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN EARLY MODERN BRITISH HISTORY
Summary
One of the results of the Oath of Allegiance controversy was to make King James I of England a celebrated figure in Protestant circles in Europe. The Oath of Allegiance, required by law in England in 1606, was intended to separate Roman Catholics who adhered to the doctrine that a pope could depose a temporal ruler from Roman Catholics who did not hold this view and could therefore be considered loyal subjects. The king not only defended the oath in print, but in doing so opposed Pope Paul V, who condemned the oath, and Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, who defended the papal deposing power. In his writings James stated his own religious faith clearly and succinctly and denounced the temporal claims of the papacy. As the translators of the authorized or King James version of the Bible wrote in 1611, when the translation appeared: “the zeale of your Maiestie towards the house of God,” already shown in support for preaching God's word at home, “doth not slacke or goe backward, but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad in the furthest parts of Christendome, by writing in defence of the Trueth.” The king of Scotland, Ireland, and England, the most important Protestant ruler in Europe, thereby became one of the most widely admired figures in the Protestant community. Expressions of this admiration came from some unexpected quarters.
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- King James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom , pp. 124 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998