Evangelicals in the Church of England 1734-1984A comprehensive and balanced history of the Evangelicals in the Church of England. |
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... Foundations 133 10 Proclaiming the Faith 143 11 Evangelism and Teaching 170 12 Movements of Renewal 186 13 Evangelicals in Action 14 World Mission 195 211 15 Ritualism , Liturgy and the Prayer Book Controversy 16 Contents.
... Foundations 133 10 Proclaiming the Faith 143 11 Evangelism and Teaching 170 12 Movements of Renewal 186 13 Evangelicals in Action 14 World Mission 195 211 15 Ritualism , Liturgy and the Prayer Book Controversy 16 Contents.
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... action . Regularity , he considered , was of secondary importance to the demands of the hour . age The forthright preaching in other parishes of a message which often attracted considerable crowds , understandably provoked opposition ...
... action . Regularity , he considered , was of secondary importance to the demands of the hour . age The forthright preaching in other parishes of a message which often attracted considerable crowds , understandably provoked opposition ...
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... action being given the authority and functions reserved for duly ordained clergy , but ordination itself was thereby demoted . Evangelicals also remained strict churchmen , while the situation of Methodism became more and more ambiguous ...
... action being given the authority and functions reserved for duly ordained clergy , but ordination itself was thereby demoted . Evangelicals also remained strict churchmen , while the situation of Methodism became more and more ambiguous ...
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... action . The Evangelicals were to rectify these shortcomings in a major way in the ensuing one hundred years . The desire for holiness of life also inclined Evangelicals to excessive rigours , an undue narrowing of interests and over ...
... action . The Evangelicals were to rectify these shortcomings in a major way in the ensuing one hundred years . The desire for holiness of life also inclined Evangelicals to excessive rigours , an undue narrowing of interests and over ...
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... action were undertaken by the heirs of these eighteenth century forerunners . Some of these consequences of the early Evangelical movement were intended by the Evangelicals themselves ; they deliberately promoted them . Other results ...
... action were undertaken by the heirs of these eighteenth century forerunners . Some of these consequences of the early Evangelical movement were intended by the Evangelicals themselves ; they deliberately promoted them . Other results ...
Contents
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Part 3 18331901 | 109 |
Part 4 19011945 | 225 |
Part 5 19451984 | 285 |
Bibliography | 355 |
Index of Authors | 369 |
Index of Persons | 375 |
Index of Places | 391 |
General Index | 395 |
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Anglican Evangelical Archbishop Balleine became Bible biblical Bickersteth Billy Graham Bishop Cambridge charismatic charismatic movement Charles Simeon Christ Christian Church Missionary Society Church of England Churchmen Clapham Sect Clerical Meeting Report College communion concern conference controversy criticism debate declared diocese doctrine early Edward Bickersteth eighteenth century Elliott-Binns English episcopal established Eugene Stock Evangelical clergy Evangelical movement evangelistic faith Francis James Chavasse gave gospel Grimshaw Henry Henry Venn History Holy hymns Ibid influence Islington Islington Clerical Meeting issues John Stott John Wesley largely leaders Liberal liturgical London Lord Methodist ministry mission modern Moody Moule nineteenth century number of Evangelical op.cit ordination Oxford Packer pan-evangelical parish parochial political Prayer Book preachers preaching quoted reform religion religious response revision revival Ridley Hall ritualism Ryle scripture Shaftesbury social Spirit Stott Sumner Sunday teaching theological Thomas thought Tractarians unity University Ph.D Venn Victorian Wilberforce William worship
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Page 43 - No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. "I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date : But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
Page 254 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 77 - Unless the Divine Power has raised you up to be as Athanasius contra mundum, I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise, in opposing that execrable villainy which is the scandal of religion, of England, and of human nature. Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils; but if God be for you, who can be against you?
Page 6 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Page 103 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 5 - ... in this we cannot be mistaken, that an open and professed disregard > to religion is become, through a variety of unhappy causes, the distinguishing character of the present age...
Page 71 - The thought rushed into my mind, What ! may I transfer all my guilt to another? Has God provided an offering for me, that I may lay my sins on his head ? then, God willing, I will not bear them on my own soul one moment longer.
Page 258 - An outstanding and pressing duty of the Church is to convince its members of the necessity of nothing less than a fundamental change in the spirit and working of our economic life. This change can only be effected by accepting as the basis of industrial relations the principle of co-operation in service for the common good in place of unrestricted competition for private or sectional advantage.