The Acts of the Witnesses: The Autobiography of Lodocick Muggleton and Other Early Muggletonian Writings
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1999
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"The Muggletonians are of special interest because they differ so dramatically from other religious groups of this time. Claiming that they were the last two witnesses of Revelation 11:3, Reeve and Muggleton acted as ultimate religious authorities on earth, blessing some people to eternal happiness and cursing others to everlasting damnation. Following Reeve's death in 1658, Muggleton became sole leader of the movement that eventually took his name. Muggletonians were noted for their emphasis on Reeve and Muggleton's authority (Muggleton claimed to "stand in God's place"), their conception of God as a man between five and six feet tall who reigned in heaven some six miles above the earth, and the fact that their religious services consisted not of prayers and preachings, but of eating, drinking, singing, and discussing religious views in a local alehouse or home.". "Partly because they were not evangelistic, their numbers were never large, and by the twentieth century they were thought to be extinct. In the 1970s, however, Philip Noakes of Kent was identified as the "last Muggletonian" and keeper of the group's archive, which was acquired subsequently by the British Library."--BOOK JACKET.…
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- Title
- The Acts of the Witnesses: The Autobiography of Lodocick Muggleton and Other Early Muggletonian Writings
- Author
- Muggleton, Lodowick; Underwood, T. L.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195120744
- ISBN 13
- 9780195120745
- Seller catalogs
- Esoterica & Occult
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Underwood's introduction helpfully situates the sect within the context of other radical religious movements of the time. (Continuity and Change)
A patient, scholarly contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century religion. (English Historical Review)
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