colenso john william bishop natal (9 risultati)

Hardcover. 229 p.; 20.5 cm. [Reset from London 1862 edition] In Chapter V. Moses and Joshua addressing all Israel: `For, surely, no human voice, unless strengthened by a miracle of which the Scripture tells us nothing, could have reached the ears of a crowded mass of people, as large as the whole population of London.' (p. 83) -- `Colenso's work on the Old Testament is almost invariably described as negative, hurried and not particularly valuable. This is a misleading judgment. The truth of the matter is that his books reflect precisely the pilgrimage of the bishop himself. He began as a fundamentalist with doubts--that is to say he subscribed to the conventional view of the day, but he was not entirely happy about it. When challenged he was forced to consider the matter thoroughly. He became convinced that the Bible could not be verbally inerrant. For reasons which seemed good to him, he believed that he ought not to hide his opinions. The first part of his work was, therefore, published immediately. The later, more constructive and positive contribution which he had to make was something of an anti-climax and was more or less disregarded. This was not his fault. A purely academic personage might have kept the whole thing till it could be published together. Colenso felt that a missionary bishop could not do this. Once he had ceased to be a fundamentalist he published his reasons, however negative, at once. His opinions came as a shock even to his closest friends and colleagues.' (Hinchliff, John William Colenso, p. 85) -- [Parts II to VII followed until 1879.] VG orig. plain morocco-grain brown cloth.

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See Jacob s entry, and Colenso s, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. Addressed to The / Revd. R. Wilkins . The letter (clearly a circular addressed to members of the English Church Union) begins without salutation: If you could raise even a few pounds in your branch it would be a great help towards undoing the mischief which the defection of the Chief Pastor of teh Church in Natal has caused, & would be a great encouragement to the colonists in any future attempt to provide for the two [large?] neglected districts still unrepresented by the Church. Please accept this as my excuse for troubling you - / And / Believe me / faithfully yours / Edgar Jacob. In a postscript Jacob apologizes for being unable owing to press of work to write to you before leaving Oxford. He then gives a list of seven subscribers, headed by The Bishop of Oxford (a pound) and The Chancellor of the Exchequer (five guineas). Beneath this list, at the foot of the second page, is a list in what is probably Wilkins hand, of four individual contributions totaling £3 1s 6d, from the Exeter Branch E. C. U. &c &c .

Forncett St Mary, 23 July 1853. "I shall greatly value your prayers and sympathies amidst the unknown difficulties of my future lot." John William Colenso (1814-83), Bishop of Natal. In 1846 he became rector of Forncett St Mary, Norfolk, and in 1853 he was recruited by the Bishop of Cape Town, Robert Gray, to be the first Bishop of Natal. Charged with heresy in 1863 by his superior, Bishop Gray of Cape Town, Colenso was finally deprived of his see in 1869. Nevertheless, Colenso remained in situ. He composed a grammar, a dictionary and a New Testament translation in Zulu.

Bishopstowe, 2 December 1881. John William Colenso (1814-83), Bishop of Natal. Charged with heresy in 1863 by his superior, Bishop Gray of Cape Town, Colenso was finally deprived of his see in 1869.

28 Sussex Place, Kensington, 15 June 1863. John William Colenso (1814-83), Bishop of Natal. Charged with heresy in 1863 by his superior, Bishop Gray of Cape Town, Colenso was finally deprived of his see in 1869. In 1887 John Ruskin presented to the British Museum what became known as the Colenso Diamond, in honour of his friend the First Bishop of Natal.

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The significance of the present item with regard to the Colenso Case - a turning point in the history of Victorian theology and ideas - is explained by the Baroness s entry in the Oxford DNB: Angela Burdett-Coutts's deep religious beliefs informed her early interest in colonial expansion. In 1847 she endowed the bishoprics of Cape Town, South Africa, and Adelaide, South Australia, both of which were strictly modelled on the English diocesan system. [.] She intended that her colonial bishoprics should remain dependent on the Anglican church in England. In 1866, however, Robert Gray, bishop of Cape Town, in the course of his dispute with Bishop Colenso of Natal, declared his see to be an independent South African church. Angela Burdett-Coutts petitioned Queen Victoria to maintain the existing link, but to no avail, and the colonial bishoprics became independent. For a good account of the controversy (Matthew Arnold mocked Colenso as that favourite pontiff of the Philistines ), see Colenso s entry in the Oxford DNB. This letter is 8pp, 16mo; on two bifoliums, each with tape from mount along one edge. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. The recipient, who is not named, is addressed as My dear Sir . She begins by explaining that as she was going out of Town for a day or so she was not able to attend the Meeting (presumably of the Church Missionary Society). She continues: I am glad you concur in the views expressed in the letters I gave you to read - and I seriously hope that a resolution (such as you shewed to me) which would commit the Society to such a false position may not have been acceded . She finds it hard to express what great concern I perceive that the impatient and rash line of action which has been followed out in this unhappy Cape and Natal Bishoprick controversy, [which?] strengthens Dr Colenso, and places him in a position in which for the present Church of England people must acquiesce . She blames the Crown Officers , and considers that If the Society had wished to support Dr Gray it should petition the Queen to retrieve Her Metropolitan from the difficulties & troubles. In her view Every step tending to separate authority which the Bishop of C. T. takes [cements?] himself as Metropolitan releases Dr Colenso & leaves him a Church of England Bishop & sinks Cape T. into a single South African Bishoprick without moral or legal authority either over Natal or any other Bishoprick . She continues with a view to the broader question: suppose the whole body of Clergy in each Bishoprick consents to be no longer bona fide Members of the Church of England and form themselves into a new & voluntary [?] the Emoluments given to the Church of England - Would the Society follow them - In New Zealand some systematic organization seems to have been formed - but in a few years where will all this end & how can the Society give these new fangled Bishops money from the Society s funds raised for the Church of England Missions? The subject is one which the Society will have to consider if the Colonial Church ceases to be an organic part of the Home Church in certain Colonies and to have a different ecclesiastical Govt to ours .

Colenso s enormous significance in the history of Victorian theology and ideas is reflected by a long entry by Peter Hinchcliff in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Prominent among Colenso s critics was Matthew Arnold, who mocked him as that favourite pontiff of the Philistines .) The present item is of great importance in understanding his position: it was written as Colenso was about to publish the work which would shortly result in his trial for heresy and formal excommunication ( the Colenso case ), the first volume of his Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua Critically Examined (1862). This book, as Hinchcliff explains, gave great offence, alienating even F. D. Maurice and E. H. Browne, who had both previously been his friends . In this unpublished letter, to the brother of Rev. H. C. Scudamore (for whom see Lear s 1876 life of Gray and Henry Rowley s Story of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa , 1866), Colenso describes the composition of the work, and the conclusion to which he has been led: that the Pentateuch was not only not written in any part by Moses, but is throughout a mere fiction - at the most, legendary . He is in no doubt as to the significance of what he is about to publish: the questions involved are of vital consequence not to the Church only, but to the whole community , and since the book may have the effect of painfully rending the peace of the Church, & I may say even of Society , he begs Scudamore to examine his work and provide arguments which prove my reasoning to be utterly invalid, & dissipate my whole book into thin air . 6pp, 12mo. 113 lines of text on bifolium and loose leaf. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. Headed Private & Confidential . He was rejoiced to receive Scudamore s letter, but asks him to drop the "Lord" Bishop in writing to me in future . He is now going to impose a severe task on his friendship, if you feel youself at liberty to comply with my wishes . He assumes that he is aware that he is likely to have some trouble from my Metrop [i.e. Bishop Robert Gray of Cape Town] because of my Book on the Romans. He writes to me implying that "future proceedings" will be taken, unless I withdraw it from circulation. This I certainly shall not do: but I am [in] truth quite indifferent to the result in this case. Colenso explains that he wishes to consult Scudamore & a few of my dearest friends regarding a much more serious matter : Circumstances, directly arising from my missionary labours, in the instruction of intelligent natives & translation of the Bible have led me to a close citial exam[inatio]n. of the Pentateuch . He explains that he has been employed upon the work I may say day & night for the last year & a half , and lists the books in defence of the orthodox view he has read on the subject: Hengstenberg, Kurtz, Bleek, & even Davidson, in his Introd. to the O. T. vol. 1, just published - the "Aids to Faith" - &c - while on the other side I have read only Ewald, from whom I almost entirely dissent, &, with all admiration for his genius acquirements, conisder him to be one of the most rash and unsound of critics. He has recently met with a most able book by Kuenen, Prof. of Divinity at Leyden - but this last I had not seen, when I had already privately printed my own views upon the Pentateuch, for the purpose of communicating them to a few of my friends, competent to discuss such questions, & willing to do so. He now asks Scudamore ( my dear friend & brother ) to go into the matter with him, privately & confidentially, of course, until I have taken some public step . He believes that the most vital questions are involved in the result to which I have arrived - and without a doubt in my own mind at present, as to the grounds at which I have arrived at is - viz. that the Pentateuch was not only not written in any part by Moses, but is throughout a mere fiction - at the most, legendary - but the product of the age of Samuel, who wrote the first sketch of this story, (about 1/6 of the present Pentateuch & Book of Joshua, & of later ages in which the narrative, with all the directions, was filled up . He cannot give even a brief summary of the course of argument which leads to this conclusion - I can only say that it is quite different from any you cd. probably imagine - it does not in any way depend on reasoning against miraculous or supernatural accnts which do not trouble me - nor upon mere numbers &c, or on the Creation & the Deluge - But it is to me convincing: & I believe it will be to any open & honest mind, as it has proved hitherto to every one to which I have submitted it, including two pious & honest men, one of the High Church & the other of the Evang. School. The matter is of vital consequence not to the Church only, but to the whole community , and the measure he is about to take may have the effect of painfully rending the peace of the Church, & I may say even of Society . He ends by repeating that he wishes to consult a few true-hearted men, who have courage to look the Truth in the face, & courage also to confess the Truth which their eyes beheld . He would rejoice unfeignedly if Scudamore could prove my reasoning to be utterly invalid, & dissipate my whole book into thin air . The sixth and final page carries a long postscript, in which Colenso explains that he is coming up to town ( at the Norwich Union Office ) the following week, but that he can send a copy of the book once he receives a reply from Scudamore stating that he will deliberately go into the question . The final paragraph refers to the recent tidings from the Z and an encounter with Scudamore s brother at the Cape .