This is a new, critical edition of William Roye's A Brefe Dialoge bitwene a Christen Father and his stobborne Sonne, which was, in 1527, the first Protestant catechism to be published in English, and which represented the first to provide an extended and detailed statement of the new reformed doctrine in the vernacular. It was thus enormously influential on English Reformist thought, outlining a combination of doctrines that were to appeal to English reformers for decades to come. The Brefe Dialoge electrified the spiritual imagination of English-speaking reform-minded believers as intensely as Tyndale's 1526 English New Testament.
The introduction carefully establishes the historical, religious, social, and cultural contexts out of which the work was born. It also provides details about Roye's life, other works, and commitment to the Reformist cause. The text of the catechism is accompanied by an extensive and detailed commentary that provides readers with clear readings for difficult passages, establishes a theological context for ideas expressed in the text, provides analogous readings from other early Reformation tracts, and glosses all the biblical citations and allusions.
The Brefe Dialoge will be of value to students and scholars interested in the history, theology, and literature of the early English Reformation period.
Authors
Douglas Parker Douglas, William Roye, Bruce Krajewski, Douglas H. Parker
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 238/.41
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0802043895 9781442670273
- LCCN
- BX8070
- LCCN Item number
- R69 1999eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (305 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600575 (OCoLC)244768551 (CaOOCEL)417905
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Brief dialogue between a Christian father and his stubborn son
- Transcribing agency
- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 12
- Contents and Structure 14
- William Roye and the Reception of A Brefe Dialoge 23
- The Catechism in Sixteenth-Century England 34
- The English and Latin Texts 61
- Adolf Wolf's Text of A Lytle Treatous 84
- Editorial Principles and Interrelation of Editions 86
- Bibliographical Descriptions 88
- Notes 90
- A Brefe Dialoge bitwene a Christen Father and his stobborne Sonne 106
- Commentary 172
- Press Variants in the 1527 Copy Text 249
- Variants 251
- Emendations 254
- Glossary 258
- A 258
- B 258
- C 259
- D 259
- E 260
- F 260
- G 261
- H 261
- I 261
- K 262
- L 262
- M 262
- N 262
- O 262
- P 263
- Q 263
- R 263
- S 263
- T 264
- V 264
- W 265
- Y 265
- Appendix A: Collation of Adolf Wolf's Transcription of A Lytle Treatous with the Copy Text 266
- Appendix B: The Latin Text 268
- Bibliography 300
- Index 308
- A 308
- B 308
- C 309
- D 310
- E 311
- F 311
- G 311
- H 311
- I 312
- J 312
- K 312
- L 312
- M 313
- N 313
- O 314
- P 314
- Q 314
- R 314
- S 315
- T 315
- U 316
- V 316
- W 316
- Z 316
