Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology
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 was published over a dozen years; the plan, originally, had been to include 53 authors.[4]
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[5]
- 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)
References
- Arthur Middleton, Fathers and Anglicans (2004), p. 281.
- Peter Benedict Nockles, The Oxford Movement in Context (1997), p. 128.
- Newman and the English Theologians, Philip C. Rule
- Cowie, Leonard W. "Beveridge, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2321. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- "Outlines of the History of the Theological Literature of the Church of England (1897)". Anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- 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.