The ideal of Deification in 17th Century England: the Whichcote-Tuckney Debate
The ideal of Deification in 17th Century England: the Whichcote-Tuckney Debate

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to offer a brief account of the epistolary exchange between two seventeenth century Cambridge theologians, the latitudinarian Benjamin Whichcote and the Puritan Anthony Tuckney, focusing on their respective soteriological views. More specifically, I am concerned with highlighting how each construed man’s reconciliation with God in terms of deification or participation in the divine nature. Considering this objective, the main issues I will touch upon are: the importance accorded by each of the two divines to Christ as both mediator and internal principle of grace; the emphasis placed on man’s role in the process of salvation; and the function of faith and reason in this process.

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