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

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Brief Bio-notes on Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Geoffrey Bromiley (1915-2009)


Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Bromiley, that tweedy" and very "High-End" academic and scholar of the "Highest" caliber of the "first-order magnitude. A "tall and very High-ended mind" up in the academic stratosphere.   By comparison, we are a rather "low-ended" and "low-minded" breed.  Mr. Bromiley was one of our better Churchmen.  He's in the category of Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Philip Edgcumbe Hughes. We refer not to Churchmanship when talking about "High or Low," but to doctrine, worship, piety and first-rate Anglican scholarship. An old school and dependable Anglican too. This brief Wiki-bio, while brief, entirely fails to mention Mr. Bromiley's infamous and scholarly translation of Kittel's 10-volume New Testament Dictionary, a veritable mine for Greek studies. But, we've corrected that serious oversight here. It also failed to mention Mr. Bromiley's "Thomas Cranmer," a handy and credible little work. 

Here's the brief Wiki-bio.

"Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1915 - August 7, 2009) was a church historian and historical theologian. He was professor
emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary, having been Professor of Church History and Historical Theology there from 1958 until his retirement in 1987."[1]

"Bromiley, born in Bromley Cross, Lancashire, England, in 1915, earned his MA at Cambridge University and his PhD, DLitt, and DD at the University of Edinburgh. Ordained in the Church of England, he served from 1951 to 1958 as Rector of St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh. In 1958, he accepted the appointment as Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Fuller, where he served until his retirement in 1987."[1]

"Geoffrey W. Bromiley died on August 7, 2009.

"Writings

The Baptism of Infants, 1955, 1976 & 1977, Vine Books (Out of print, but now available online through the Church Society website)
Children of Promise: The Case for Baptizing Infants, 1979, Eerdmans,
God and Marriage, 1980, Eerdmans
Historical Theology: An Introduction, 2000, T & T Clark
Introduction to the Theology of Karl Barth, 2000, T & T Clark

Bromiley also co-edited the English translation of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics series with T. F. Torrance.

Whilst not all his original work, Bromiley is also listed as Author of the Fully Revised Edition of.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1979, Eerdmans

Notes
1. ^ a b Fuller Mourns the Loss of Geoffrey Bromiley

External links
• Fuller Mourns the Loss of Geoffrey Bromiley
• Geoffrey Bromiley, Christianity Today
• Geoffrey Bromiley at TheologicalStudies
• The Baptism of Infants at Church Society

Online writings
• Only God is Free, Christianity Today, Feb 2002

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