bright william regius professor ecclesiastical (9 risultati)

Hardcover. [4], 86 p.; 15 cm., pocket sized. [First printed in 1882; reprint from 1933 resetting] `Note. Several of the prayers in this little collection are reprinted, literally or substantially, from the writer's volume of Ancient Collects [1857]. Some of the hymns are reprinted (with a few alterations) from his Hymns and other Verses [1866].' Good orig. green cloth, front cover spotted.

Hardcover. vii, 268 p.; 19.5 cm. With errata slip. Affirms institution of ministry by Jesus, against F.J.A. Hort's Christian ecclesia. G violet cloth, crown torn off. Sig. on title-page, sl. scoring.

Hardcover. 2nd edition. xxviii, 300 p.; 19.5 cm. [First printed in 1889: 30 sermons] Added sermon on Liddon, note on the "exinanition" and atonement. Good orig. maroon cloth. Two rips in upper joint, but sound.

Hardcover. lxxvi, 369 p.; 22 cm. 1 Biblical; 2 Doctrinal; 3 Liturgical; 4 Historical; 5 Roman question; 6 Church questions; 7 Personal. Good, spotted orig. green cloth.

Hardcover. 2nd edition. xii, 233 p.; 17 cm. Dedicated to Henry Parry Liddon. [Orig. as Hymns and other poems, 1866] Fair violet cloth, back abraded. Pages toned, some ink marking.

3pp., 12mo. Grey-paper bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. He begins by thanking him 'with all my heart for the kindness of a most interesting and valuable note', before describing '[t]he case of which I was trying to recall the details', that of William Whittingham (c.1524-1579), Dean of Durham. He gives his source and discusses the matter with reference to Whitgift and Fuller, giving the opinion that the argument 'surely looks like an effort to stretch & dignify an irregular laxity, and not at all like an appeal to an authorized permission'. In the final paragraph he states that he has the previous night sent his letter to the Dean of St Paul's, 'asking him to send it to the "Times" if he thought it desirable. - It will be a relief to me if he does not: - I dread a Controversy at the beginning of Term.'.

Hardcover. 5th impression. Prayer-Book. xvi, 238 p.; 17.5 cm. Entirely in English, brief indication of sources in footnotes. [First printed in 1857] Good spotted orig. deep violet cloth. Red edges and page borders.

Hardcover. viii, [1], 490 p.; 19.5 cm. Errata slip before first page of text. Contents -- I. The Roman see in the early church -- II. St. Ambrose and the empire -- III. Alexandria and Chalcedon -- IV. The church and the "barbarian" invaders -- V. The Celtic churches in the British Isles -- VI. The English church in the reign of Elizabeth -- Additional note on the sixth Nicene canon -- Index. Good, unopened, maroon cloth. Publisher's archive label on cover.

Excellent affectionate and eloquent content, including a moving expression of the conventional Victorian view of Christmas. See Bright's entry in the Oxford DNB. A total of eight pages, six of which are closely written. Items One and Two addressed to 'My dear Jacob'. Item Three is incomplete. ONE: 'Univ Coll / Innocents Day 1866.' 5pp, 12mo. On bifolium. Bright's signature 'W. Bright' and the conclusion of the letter (i.e. the fifth page) are written crosswise at the head of the first page. He begins by stating that Jacob's letter 'was a very good companion to one which I received from Newbolt'. He spent 'a very happy Christmas' at 'SS Phil. James and Merton'. The following passage gives an indication of the letter's quality: 'It was striking to enter the former church at 7.30, when I went to take the first of the three celebrations, and contrast the [dim?] soft twilight outside with the splendour of the sanctuary, lit up by sixteen candles, and with the altar in its radiant Christmas garb. You remember how Liddon accounts for the use of the highly dogmatic [?] and gospel, rather than of any more historic or narrative selections; - Christmas is the day on which, owing to the immeasurable condescenscion and the circumstances of infancy and poverty which surround it, the Church owes, and in fact cannot refrain from rendering, a special recognition of the Divinity of the Virginborn. I never felt that so much as when I had to repeat the closing words of that interdiction to S. John's gospel at that time and place.' He praises 'the best skill of the 16th century', remarking that 'the most accurate statements of doctrinal truth are precisely the forms most full, to Christian minds, of devotional power', adding 'I am always sorry when good men, like Archd. Churton & Sir R. Palmer, fail to see the immense advantage of exact orthodoxy in hymns or prayers'. In another paragraph discussing Christmas he writes: 'I do not htink that its joy is as triumphant as the "Paschale gaudium," but it has in it a character of peculiar & exquisite sweetness: the secret of which I take to be, that it unites all the tender and pathetic associations of infancy and motherhood, and of a birthday, with the intense convictions that express themselves in the worship of Our Lord (see the Adeste Fideles). How deeply one pities, this week, that poor unhappy apostate, at Pietermaritz.' (The reference is to Bishop Colenso.) He describes the service at Merton in great detail, before expressing great sympathy with Jacob's 'difficulties as to Church restoration in a rural parish. What is the right way, I wonder, of restoring'. He ends with affectionate words about their friendship. TWO: 'Whitsun Monday'. 2pp, 12mo. The commencement of the letter only. He had received the news of Jacob's 'new prospects': 'Witney will grieve, - but you could not have declined such a call.' He will keep a look out for a curate, but is 'greatly pressed by various occupations'. Signed 'W Bright.' THREE: Conclusion of letter only, hence no date or place. 2pp, 12mo. On single leaf. Signed 'W Bright.' Cuts in: '[.] secret of Edward King's influence as Principal. One sees better what he is by observing his intense pastoral love, as it comes out in his dealings with his parish boys and young men.' Later he writes: 'I thought S. Augustine's phrase, Ama, et fac quod vis, might be the motto of his ministry: and when he reclined under a tent for two or three hours, watching a cricket match, with a playful word for each boy or man, who came back from his innings, I knew that all this was part of his work.' He continues with reference to 'Charles Martin and Talbot', Cuddesden, Alfred Pott. 'Hall has seen Bp Gray, who told him that if Mr Butler went out to Nolet, he would be received by the great majority of clergy and communicants: but that the fury of the heretical and irreligious body would make his life almost a life of martyrdom.' He continues: 'I had what I esteem the honour, the day before yes.