Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology explained

The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology (published by John Henry Parker) was a series of 19th-century editions of theological works by writers in the Church of England. Devoted, as the title suggests, to significant Anglo-Catholic figures, it brought back into print a number of works from the 17th century, concentrating though not exclusively on the Caroline Divines.^[1] The publication of the Library, from 1841, was connected with the Oxford Movement which had begun in 1833; some of the editors, such as William John Copeland^[2] and Charles Crawley, were clearly identified with the movement. However the interests of the Library diverged early from those of the Tractarians.^[3] A total of 95 volumes by 20 writers were published over a dozen years; the plan, originally, had been to include 53 authors.^[4] The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology was founded in response to the Parker Society.^[5]

Authors

• Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626), 11 volumes, edited by J. P. Wilson and James Bliss
• William Beveridge (1637-1708), 12 volumes, edited by James Bliss
• John Bramhall, 5 volumes, edited by Arthur West Haddan
• George Bull, 7 volumes
• John Cosin (1594–1672), 5 volumes
• Richard Crakanthorp, edited by Christopher Wordsworth^[6]
• William Forbes
• Mark Frank, 2 volumes
• Peter Gunning, edited by Charles Page Eden^[7]
• Henry Hammond edited by Nicholas Pocock
• George Hickes
• John Johnson (1662–1726), editor John Baron
• William Laud (1573–1645) edited by William Scott and James Bliss
• Hamon L'Estrange
• Nathaniel Marshall
• William Nicholson
• John Overall (1559–1619)
• John Pearson (1613–1686), edited by Edward Churton (minor works)^[8]
• Herbert Thorndike, 6 volumes, edited by Arthur West Haddan
• Thomas Wilson (1663–1755) edited by John Keble

Committee

The committee members for the Library project were the following (serving 1840 to 1845 unless otherwise marked):^[9]

• R. S. Barton
• Edward Churton
• William John Copeland (1844–5)
• John Goulter Dowling (1840–1)
  • William Gresley Walter Farquhar Hook
• Richard William Jelf
• John Keble
• Samuel Roffey Maitland (1840)
• Henry Edward Manning (1845)
• William Hodge Mill
• George Moberly
• John Henry Newman
• Henry Handley Norris (1840–3)
• William Palmer
• Arthur Philip Perceval (1840–4)
  • Edward Bouverie Pusey Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1845)
• Christopher Wordsworth (1845)

See also

• Library of the Fathers

External links

• Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology from Project Canterbury

Notes and References

1. Arthur Middleton, Fathers and Anglicans (2004), p. 281.
2. Web site: Archived copy . oahs.org.uk . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070614094047/http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxo/vol%205/Ollard.doc . 14 June 2007 . dead.
3. Peter Benedict Nockles, The Oxford Movement in Context (1997), p. 128.
4. http://www.ewtn.com/library/HUMANITY/FR89403.TXT Newman and the English Theologians, Philip C. Rule
5. Book: Frank M. Turner . John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion . limited . 2002 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-17309-3. 357–8.
6. Web site: Outlines of the History of the Theological Literature of the Church of England (1897) . Anglicanhistory.org . 2012-09-01.
7. Eden, Charles Parry.
8. Churton, Edward.
9. Charles Stephen Dessain, Ian Turnbull Ker, Gerard Tracey, Thomas Gornall, The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman Vol. 8 (1999), Appendix 2 p. 521.