Pusey studied the Church Fathers, and the Caroline Divines who revived traditions of pre-Reformation teaching. The king agreed to a conference between Catholic and Protestant divines in a formal disputation. Among the Caroline divines of the seventeenth century, the following are prominent. Besides, Gilbert is counted among the Latitudinarian divines with distinctive theological characteristics of thought. Despite this broad view, Orthodox divines do write about there being seven "principal" mysteries. These became the Nine Divines (also known as Aedra), who are worshipped as benevolent deities. The corpus produced by Anglican divines is diverse. Anglicans look for authority in their "standard divines" (see below). Smith was an authority on 17th century divines. With some slight modifications it was approved by the Westminster Assembly of Divines. The result was the establishment of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. On 7 July 1646, he was appointed a member of the Assembly of Divines. These aspects generated less controversy amongst the divines. The corpus produced by the Caroline divines is diverse. The divines were particularly concerned with those they labeled antinomians.