Reformed Churchmen: 28 August 1796 A.D. Birth of William Hily Bathurst—Anglican Minister with Scruples with Parts of the Baptismal and Funeral Offices of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, August 28, 2014

28 August 1796 A.D. Birth of William Hily Bathurst—Anglican Minister with Scruples with Parts of the Baptismal and Funeral Offices of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

28 August 1796 A.D. Birth of William Hily Bathurst—Anglican Minister with Scruples with Parts of the Baptismal and Funeral Offices of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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William Hiley Bathurst (1796 to 1877)

Church of England

His Faith Led Him to Resign Rather than Compromise.

William Hiley Bathurst was born near Bristol, England. He entered the Anglican ministry in 1818. In 1852, he resigned his religious credentials over personal conflicts with doctrines in the Anglican Book of Prayer, particularly regarding baptismal and burial services. He wrote the hymn, "O for a Faith that Will Not Shrink."