In Two Volumes. Being The Substance Of A Course Of Lectures Delivered To Candidates For Orders At St. David's College, Lampeter.
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Browne does a fine job of demonstrating each article's relation to the ancient church providing many citations from the fathers that agree or seem to agree with the purport of the Articles as well the original intent of the English Reformers who drafted these Articles. Bishop Browne was something of an old High Churchman, one of the last of his kind, writing in the middle of the 19th century. He evinces a certain moderation typical of High Churchmen that is less polemical than that of the Tractarians or the Low Church Evangelicals of his day. He does a fine job of getting at what seemed to the Articles' original intent given their historical circumstances. There is also a section on the scriptural evidence for each article as well. Overall a very fine resource if you are interested in the context of the Articles, but still see Chadwick's "History of the Articles" for the most definitive description of how the Articles developed over time and the circumstances that shaped their wording.
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My #1 Choice for Commentaries on the 39 Articles
6 Sep 2010
By Fr. Charles Erlandson
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Over the past 4 centuries, a multitude of commentaries have been written on the Anglican 39 Articles: Browne's is one of the few that may be considered a classic. Browne was a High Church bishop whose commentary avoids the extremes of Evangelical Anglican commentaries, Liberal commentaries, or Anglo-Catholic commentaries.
NOTE: This particular Kessinger Publishing edition is only Volume 2 of a two volume set and is therefore not Browne's complete work. Browne's work was originally published in two volumes and then later revised into one volume. There are other editions out there that reprint the single volume edition, which would be a more economical way to own Browne's commentary.
Several factors make Browne's commentary perhaps the best on the 39 Articles. One of the greatest aspects of Browne's work is its depth: in this edition the book runs to 860 pages. What makes Browne's commentary stand out especially are the two main sections into which his commentary on each Article is divided: History, and Scriptural Proof. In his History section, Browne surveys what Christian writers have said about the Article at hand from the early church until the 19th century. His presentation of patristic thought on each subject is particularly useful and illuminating. In his Scriptural Proof section, Browne thankfully discusses the passages in the Bible that bear on the Article at hand. Among the two sections, Browne offers his own view, which is almost always sound and judicious.
In presenting both the Historical and Biblical views of the Articles, Browne succeeds in his aim of proving the Articles to be both Catholic and Biblical. If I had to recommend only one commentary on the 39 Articles, this would be it!
NOTE: This particular Kessinger Publishing edition is only Volume 2 of a two volume set and is therefore not Browne's complete work. Browne's work was originally published in two volumes and then later revised into one volume. There are other editions out there that reprint the single volume edition, which would be a more economical way to own Browne's commentary.
Several factors make Browne's commentary perhaps the best on the 39 Articles. One of the greatest aspects of Browne's work is its depth: in this edition the book runs to 860 pages. What makes Browne's commentary stand out especially are the two main sections into which his commentary on each Article is divided: History, and Scriptural Proof. In his History section, Browne surveys what Christian writers have said about the Article at hand from the early church until the 19th century. His presentation of patristic thought on each subject is particularly useful and illuminating. In his Scriptural Proof section, Browne thankfully discusses the passages in the Bible that bear on the Article at hand. Among the two sections, Browne offers his own view, which is almost always sound and judicious.
In presenting both the Historical and Biblical views of the Articles, Browne succeeds in his aim of proving the Articles to be both Catholic and Biblical. If I had to recommend only one commentary on the 39 Articles, this would be it!
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A fine historical Exposition
18 July 2008
By Quentin D. Stewart
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Browne does a fine job of demonstrating the relation between each of the 39 articles and the ancient church fathers, as well as the original intent of the English Reformers who drafted these articles. Bishop Browne was a mild mannered Old High Churchman was not yet quite swept up with the Oxford Movement. The original date of this work is around 1850.
He makes a good case for what he believes to be the original intent of the Articles given their historical circumstances. There is also a section on the scriptural evidence for each article.
Overall a very fine resource.
He makes a good case for what he believes to be the original intent of the Articles given their historical circumstances. There is also a section on the scriptural evidence for each article.
Overall a very fine resource.
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