Author: LOCKE (John):
Title: A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of S. Paul to the Galatians, Corinthians, Romans, Ephesianss. To which is Prefix'd, An Essay for the Understnading of St. Paul's Epistles, by Consulting St. Paul Himself. The Second Edition.
Description: London, Printed by J. H. for Awnsham and John Churchill..., 1709. 4to, 238 x 181 mms., pp. [iv], xxiv, 142, [2]; [4], 107 [108 blank]; 58, [2]; [4], 43[44 blank]; 60, with, as ESTC records, "each epistle, and the 'Essay', [having] separate titlepage, pagination and register; the 'Essay' numbered in Roman, titlepage dated: 1707; titlepage to Romans dated: 1707; titlepage to I Corinthians dated: 1706; titlepage to II Corinthians dated: 1706; titlepage to Galatians has "The third edition" and is dated: 1708; titlepage to Ephesians dated: 1707." Bound in contemporary calf, with very worn corners, joints cracked, top and base of spine worn, and generally in poor condition. In his commentary of this work, Jaconb Donald Chaterjee writes, "The study of John Locke's theological thought has yet to be combined with the growing historical research into the apologetic uses of Christian antiquity in the post-1660 Church of England. This article addresses this historiographical lacuna by making two related arguments. First, I contend that Locke's Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul (1705–7) marked a definitive shift in his critique of the appeal to Christian antiquity. Before 1700, Locke had primarily contested these references to the precedent of the early Christian church by making a narrowly philosophical case against arguments from authority in general. However, the controversial reception of Locke's theological writings in the 1690s compelled him to develop historical arguments in the Paraphrase against the witness of the church fathers. Secondly, I argue that Locke's repudiation of the witness of Christian antiquity was a primary motivation for the diverse responses to the Paraphrase by early eighteenth century Anglican writers, such as Robert Jenkin, Daniel Whitby, William Whiston, Winch Holdsworth, and Catharine Cockburn." Chatterjee, Jacob Donald. 2021. "Christian Antiquity and the Anglican Reception of John Locke's Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul, 1707–1730". Locke Studies 20 (January), 1-36.

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