Ninety-Six Sermons
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Ninety-Six Sermons is a celebrated collection of sermons by the Anglican bishop and theologian Lancelot Andrewes, noted for its rich prose style and influence on English devotional literature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian devotional literature
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sermon collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jacobean era
NERFINISHED
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St Paul’s Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ royal court sermons ⓘ |
| audience |
clergy
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educated laypeople ⓘ |
| author | Lancelot Andrewes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 17th century ⓘ |
| contains |
sermons on major Christian feasts
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sermons on prayer ⓘ sermons on repentance ⓘ sermons on the Nativity ⓘ sermons on the Passion of Christ ⓘ sermons on the Resurrection ⓘ sermons on the sacraments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
celebrated for its prose style
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regarded as a classic of Anglican preaching ⓘ |
| denominationContext | Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | printed collection ⓘ |
| genre |
devotional literature
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sermon ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSermons | 96 ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual sermons by Lancelot Andrewes ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
post-Reformation Church of England
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reign of James I of England ⓘ |
| influenced |
Anglican spirituality
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English devotional literature ⓘ seventeenth-century English prose ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
ornate rhetoric
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rich prose ⓘ |
| notedFor |
complex syntax
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dense theological argument ⓘ influence on later Anglican divines ⓘ patristic references ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Private Devotions (Lancelot Andrewes) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian devotion
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Christian ethics ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ liturgical seasons ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Anglican
NERFINISHED
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Reformed Catholic ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Anglican devotional practice
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homiletic study ⓘ |
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