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The Cost of John Dryden’s Catholicism

The Cost of John Dryden’s Catholicism Bryan Berry The Hind and the Panther is John Dryden's longest poem and the culmination of his poetic career--the poet laureate's final word on the religious and political issues he had addressed throughout his literary career. It also is the only major work in English literature devoted to the thesis that the Roman Catholic Church is the one holy catholic and apostolic church instituted by Christ. Dryden paid a price for his profession of the Catholic faith.When the Catholic King James II was deposed in 1688, the year after Hind was published, Dryden (1631­1700) lost his position as poet laureate and suffered all the penalties imposed against Catholics by the new government. The new king, William of Orange, issued "an order to banish papists 10 miles from London"; Dryden's Catholic sons lost their government posts; and Dryden, like all Catholics, paid double the taxes levied on those who attended the Established Church.1 Dryden also paid a critical price for his poem--both during his lifetime and after. No one dared to publicly commend the apologia for the Catholic faith when it came out. Two months after the poem's publication, two wits burlesqued it in The Hind and the l http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture

The Cost of John Dryden’s Catholicism

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Bryan Berry The Hind and the Panther is John Dryden's longest poem and the culmination of his poetic career--the poet laureate's final word on the religious and political issues he had addressed throughout his literary career. It also is the only major work in English literature devoted to the thesis that the Roman Catholic Church is the one holy catholic and apostolic church instituted by Christ. Dryden paid a price for his profession of the Catholic faith.When the Catholic King James II was deposed in 1688, the year after Hind was published, Dryden (1631­1700) lost his position as poet laureate and suffered all the penalties imposed against Catholics by the new government. The new king, William of Orange, issued "an order to banish papists 10 miles from London"; Dryden's Catholic sons lost their government posts; and Dryden, like all Catholics, paid double the taxes levied on those who attended the Established Church.1 Dryden also paid a critical price for his poem--both during his lifetime and after. No one dared to publicly commend the apologia for the Catholic faith when it came out. Two months after the poem's publication, two wits burlesqued it in The Hind and the l

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Published: Apr 18, 2009

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