A Protestant purgatory : theological origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779 /: theological origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- A Protestant purgatory : theological origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779 /: theological origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779. (2016)
- Main Title:
- A Protestant purgatory : theological origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779
- Further Information:
- Note: Laurie Throness.
- Other Names:
- Throness, Laurie
- Contents:
- The terror of the Lord -- Angels and judges -- God as temporal judge -- God as judge of nations -- God as judge through man -- God as judge through the oath -- God as eternal judge -- Hell and the sentence of time -- The intermediate state -- A time and place for spirits -- Images of spiritual prisons -- Of purgatory -- Places of waiting -- The invisible state -- Arrest and conveyance -- The keeper -- Horrid company -- Torments in the intermediate state -- The length and breadth of Hades -- Crossing the threshold -- The abominable fancy -- The royal clemency -- The extraction of grace -- More than a metaphor -- The great assize -- Building the Penitentiary -- The Convict Act -- Eden and friends -- Hospitals of mercy -- Preparing the Penitentiary Act -- Ergastulum or penitentiary? -- Adam's doom -- The fatal floodgate -- A criminal named Adam -- The beginning of work -- The adjacent country -- The make weight -- Taking the kingdom by violence -- The reassertion of original sin -- The man in the wooden cage -- The reality of depravity -- Regeneration's promise -- Retirement and the pastoral ideal -- The strife of tongues -- The man in the wooden cage -- Reflection and the conscience -- Solitude's space -- Solitude for the uncondemned -- An intermediate space -- The measure of sin -- Redeeming the time -- The hazard of a death-bed repentance -- Extending time -- Last words -- A question of evidence -- A contrite heart -- The production of sorrow -- Proportion and time --The terror of the Lord -- Angels and judges -- God as temporal judge -- God as judge of nations -- God as judge through man -- God as judge through the oath -- God as eternal judge -- Hell and the sentence of time -- The intermediate state -- A time and place for spirits -- Images of spiritual prisons -- Of purgatory -- Places of waiting -- The invisible state -- Arrest and conveyance -- The keeper -- Horrid company -- Torments in the intermediate state -- The length and breadth of Hades -- Crossing the threshold -- The abominable fancy -- The royal clemency -- The extraction of grace -- More than a metaphor -- The great assize -- Building the Penitentiary -- The Convict Act -- Eden and friends -- Hospitals of mercy -- Preparing the Penitentiary Act -- Ergastulum or penitentiary? -- Adam's doom -- The fatal floodgate -- A criminal named Adam -- The beginning of work -- The adjacent country -- The make weight -- Taking the kingdom by violence -- The reassertion of original sin -- The man in the wooden cage -- The reality of depravity -- Regeneration's promise -- Retirement and the pastoral ideal -- The strife of tongues -- The man in the wooden cage -- Reflection and the conscience -- Solitude's space -- Solitude for the uncondemned -- An intermediate space -- The measure of sin -- Redeeming the time -- The hazard of a death-bed repentance -- Extending time -- Last words -- A question of evidence -- A contrite heart -- The production of sorrow -- Proportion and time -- Penance and time. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (390 pages)
- Subjects:
- 261.83360942
Christianity and law -- Church of England
Law (Theology)
Protestant churches -- Doctrines
Protestantism -- Influence
Correctional law -- England -- History -- 18th century
Prisons -- England -- History -- 18th century
Doctrines
Influence - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781351961998
1351961993 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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