Christian Antiquity and the Anglican Reception of John Locke’s Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul, 1707–1730
Jacob Donald Chatterjee
The study of John Locke’s theological thought has yet to be combined with emerging historical research, pioneered by Jean-Louis Quantin, into the apologetic uses Christian antiquity in Restoration Church England. This article will address this historiographical lacuna making two related arguments. First, I contend that Paraphrase and Notes on Epistles St. Paul (1705–1707) marked a definitive shift his critique appeal antiquity. Prior 1700, Locke had largely contested these references precedent early narrowly philosophical case against arguments from authority general. However, controversial reception writings 1690s, compelled him develop methodological witness Secondly, argue repudiation was primary motivation for diverse responses eighteenth-century Anglican writers, such as Robert Jenkin, Daniel Whitby, William Whiston, Winch Holdsworth Catharine Cockburn.
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