Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62

Ward Clavier, Sarah

Abstract

This article outlines a forthcoming project on the episcopalian spiritual vocation in the period c.1640 to 1662. It explains the rationale for the project and its place within the historiography. The article argues that seventeenth-century clergy may have conceptualised spiritual vocation in the light of the bishop’s charge in the ordinal, and that the actions and words of episcopalian clerics after 1646 frequently referenced its command ‘to teach, to premonish, to feed, and provide for the Lords family, and to seek for Christs sheep that be dispersed abroad.’ The project seeks to explore that argument and to examine how clergy and laity responded to the loss of episcopalian vocation during the Interregnum. The article briefly discusses potential printed and manuscript sources to be examined, as well as possible approaches to be taken in relation to the evidence.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 28, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 14, 2023
• Publication Date: Nov 2, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 8, 2024
• Journal: The Seventeenth Century
• Print ISSN: 0268-117X
• Electronic ISSN: 2050-4616
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1025-1034
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2023.2266301
• Keywords: History, Cultural Studies
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11543771