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Work #1479 · Early-career

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

Edward Stillingfleet
1664 · English
Polemical-theological treatise · Latitudinarian Anglicanism / Restoration polemical theology

Stillingfleet's 1664 Protestant-Anglican reply to John Sergeant's Catholic apologetic

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Attribute A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion (Early-career)
Time · Extent Finite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Both
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Limited
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Finite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

1664 — Restoration anti-Romanist controversy.

Space

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

London — Restoration Anglican polemical context.

Matter

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

Single large polemical treatise.

Observer

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

Stillingfleet as Anglican controversialist against Catholic apologetics.

Energy

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

Polemical-controversial energies of Restoration church politics.

Information

A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

Three-part treatise with extensive citation of Catholic and Protestant sources.

Internal Tensions

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A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion

Stillingfleet's defining anti-Romanist polemic; standard Anglican reference work.