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‘All the Best Bishoprics and Deaneries’: The Enigma of Arminian Politics

1973; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3165042

1755-2613

Carl Bangs,

American Constitutional Law and Politics

There are two old Arminian jokes: one can be recounted here, the other later. In the late seventeenth century, when English Arminianism was riding high, so the story goes, Bishop George Morley was asked: “What do the Arminians hold?” He replied: “All the best bishoprics and deaneries.”