tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post1431360775990233045..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: For common folk, a champion to be laudedMatthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-16693727331314875492019-01-11T12:27:55.933-06:002019-01-11T12:27:55.933-06:00Thank you, Dave, for the comment! I have to confes...Thank you, Dave, for the comment! I have to confess, my own reasons for rejecting the doctrines of Calvinism are fairly similar to Laud's.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-68999970197042700972019-01-11T07:31:53.741-06:002019-01-11T07:31:53.741-06:00My Ph.D dissertation was "Laudian Imagery in ...My Ph.D dissertation was "Laudian Imagery in the Poetry of Robert Herrick." Herrick, a poet who is famous for the line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may," was an Anglican priest and his loyalties leaned toward the Laudian and Highchurch side of things. This is reflected in his religious poetry. Of Calvinism, Laud says he abominates it because "it makes God, the God of all mercies, to be the most fierce and unreasonable tyrant in the world." This anti-Calvinistic tone is found in Herrick's religious verse as well.Partly Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604512048376315138noreply@blogger.com