This balance of scripture, tradition and reason is traced to the work of Richard Hooker, a sixteenth-century apologist.
Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican priest and influential theologian
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Hammond was a pioneer Anglican theologian, much influenced by Richard Hooker and Lancelot Andrewes, but also by Arminianism in the form it took in Hugo Grotius, whom he defended in his writings.
The court found, however, that the series was a spin-off of the original movie – itself an adaptation of Richard Hooker's MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.