Mason, Arthur James. Thomas Cranmer. London: Methuen & Co., 1898. It is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-ebook/dp/B00538MELC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376431920&sr=8-1&keywords=mason+thomas+cranmer
It is available online at:
Available online at: http://archive.org/details/thomascranmer00masouoft
Three things immediately follow: (1) Online
resources from www.anglicanhistory.org, (2) a brief Wiki-biography on Mr. (Rev.
Canon) Mason, and (3) a tour of sources used by Mr. Mason for the cited work.
Other volumes and resources on line from: http://anglicanhistory.org/england/ajmason/
The Persecution of Diocletian: A Historical Essay.
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell; London: George Bell, 1876. [External link]
The Faith of the Gospel: A Manual of Christian Doctrine.
London: Rivingtons, 1888. [External link]
The Relation of Confirmation to Baptism as Taught in Holy Scripture and the Fathers.
London: Longmans Green, 1893. [External link]
Length: A Sermon Preached at Allhallows, Barking before the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London on Allhallowmas Sunday 1894 on the Reopening of the Restored Portion of the Church.
London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1894.
The Conditions of Our Lord's Life on Earth: Being Five Lectures Delivered on the Bishop Paddock Foundation, in the General Seminary at New York, 1896, to Which is Prefixed Part of a First Professorial Lecture at Cambridge.
London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1896. [External link]
The Principles of Ecclesiastical Unity: Four Lectures Delivered in St. Asaph Cathedral on June, 16, 17, 18, and 19.
London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1896.
The Mission of St. Augustine to England according to the Original Documents, Being a Handbook for the Thirteenth Centenary.
Cambridge University Press, 1897. [External link]
Thomas Cranmer.
London: Methuen, 1898. [External link]
The Five Theological Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1899. [External link]
Purgatory: The State of the Faithful Departed, Invocation of Saints: Three Lectures.
London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1901.
The Ministry of Conversion.
London: Longmans, Green, 1902. [External link]
[Malagasy]
Ny finoan' ny Filazantsara: fotopototry ny fampianarana Kristiana.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1902.
[Preface]
Before the Throne: A Manual of Private Devotion.
By William Bellars
London: Swan, 1903.
The Historic Martyrs of the Primitive Church.
New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905. [External link]
[translator]
The History of the Papacy in the XIX Century.
By Fredrik Kristian Nielsen
London: John Murray, 1906. [External link]
Memoir of George Howard Wilkinson, Bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Church, Formerly Bishop of Truro.
London, New York: Longmans, Green, 1909. [External links]
Volume one
Volume two
The Church of England and the Church of Sweden: Report of the Commission Appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Pursuance of Resolution 74 of the Lambeth Conference of 1908 on the Relation of the Anglican Communion to the Church of Sweden.
Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1911.
The Life of William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar.
London and New York: Longmans, Green, 1912. [External link]
Pembroke Sonnets.
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1912.
The Church of England and Episcopacy.
Cambridge University Press, 1914. [External link]
Canterbury Sonnets.
Canterbury: H. J. Goulden, 1919. [External link]
What Became of the Bones of St. Thomas? A Contribution to His Fifteenth Jubilee.
Cambridge University Press, 1920. [External link]
From Wikipedia.
Arthur James Mason DD (4 May 1851 – 24 April 1928) was an English clergyman, theologian and classical scholar. He was Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Early life
The third son of George William Mason JP, of Morton Hall, Retford, Nottinghamshire, by his marriage to Marianne Atherton Mitford (born 1821 in India), a daughter of Captain Joseph George Mitford (1791–1875), of the Madras Army, Mason was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] The third of four sons, his youngest brother, Charles Evelyn Mason, was killed in the Zulu War of 1879.[2][3] His brother William Henry Mason was a High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.[4] Their grandfather, J. G. Mitford, was the son of Bertram Mitford (1748–1800) of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.[5]
Career
Mason was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 1873 and was a college tutor from 1874 to 1877,[1] when he went to Cornwall as Canon of Truro. His departure from Cambridge was at the urging of his friend Edward Benson, who had been appointed as Bishop of Truro and wanted Mason to act as diocesan missioner.[6]
In 1884, after his friend Benson had been translated to Canterbury,[6] Mason took up a benefice as Vicar of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Barking, in the City of London, where he remained until 1895. That year he returned to Cambridge as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity (1895–1903) and also became a Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. He was a Fellow of Jesus from 1896 to 1903, before serving as Master of Pembroke from 1903 to 1912. In 1908 he was elected Vice-Chancellor of the University, continuing in the post for two years.[1]
As well as works on theology and biography, Mason wrote and translated hymns.[7] As "A. J. M.", he was a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography.
Private life
On 11 January 1899, Mason married Mary Margaret, a daughter of the Rev. G. J. Blore DD, Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral and a former Head Master of King's School, Canterbury. They had two sons, Paul and Lancelot, and a daughter, Mildred.[1][8] Paul became a diplomat and was ambassador to the Netherlands in the 1950s,[9] while Lancelot followed his father into the Church and was Archdeacon of Chichester from 1946 to 1973.[10]
Arthur James Mason died at Canterbury on 24 April 1928.[11]
Major publications
The Persecution of Diocletian, 1875[1]
- Commentary on Thessalonians and First Epistle of St
Peter, 1879[1]
- The faith of the Gospel: a manual of Christian
doctrine, 1887[1]
- The Relation of Confirmation to Baptism: as taught
in Holy Scripture and the Fathers, 1893[1]
- The Conditions of our Lord’s Life upon Earth, 1896[1]
- Thomas Cranmer, 1898[1]
- Purgatory: The State of the Faithful Departed;
Invocation of Saints (Hulsean Lecture for 1899)
- The Historic Martyrs of the Primitive Church, 1905[1]
- Memoir of Bishop Wilkinson, 1909[1]
- Life of William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar, 1912[1]
- The Church of England and Episcopacy, 1914[1]
- What Became of the Bones of St Thomas, 1920[1]
- Five Theological Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus (ed.)[1]
- History of the Papacy in the 19th Century, by Bishop
Nielsen (ed.)[1]
External links
Notes
1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q ‘MASON, Rev. Arthur James’,
in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black); online
edition by Oxford University Press, 2007, accessed 28 December 2011
2. ^ James P. Mackinnon, Sydney
Henry Shadbolt, The South African Campaign of 1879 (1995), p. 101:
"LIEUTENANT CHARLES EVELYN MASON, who died at Herwen on the 7th of April,
1879, was the fourth and youngest son of G. W. Mason, Esquire, of Morton Hall,
Retford, Notts, and Marianne Atherton, his wife, daughter of Captain J. G.
Mitford, E.I.C.S. ..."
3. ^ Arthur William Alsager
Pollock, The United service magazine, vol. 139 (1875), p. 3:
"Captain Joseph George Mitford, late of the HEI Company's Service, died on
September 2, at Morton Hall, Notts, aged 84."
6. ^ a b Mark D. Chapman, 'Benson,
Edward White (1829–1896), archbishop of Canterbury' in Oxford Dictionary of Biography
(2007): "His immediate task was to establish an identity for the diocese.
To this end he brought with him A. J. Mason, as diocesan missioner, and G. H.
Whitaker, who was given the role of establishing a theological college."
8. ^ Sir Bernard Burke, A
genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry (1925), p. 1218:
"...m. 11 Jan. 1899, Mary Margaret, dau. of the Rev. GJ Blore, DD, Hon.
Canon of Canterbury, and has issue, 1. Paul, b. 11 June, 1904. 2. Lancelot, b.
22 July, 1905. X, Mildred, b. 7 June, 1902.
9. ^ 'MASON, Sir Paul', in Who
Was Who (London: A. & C. Black) online ed.
by Oxford University Press, 2007, accessed 1 January 2012
10.
^ ‘MASON, Ven. Lancelot’, in Who
Was Who (A. & C. Black); online
edition (subscription required), Oxford University Press, 2007,
accessed 1 January 2012
Another brief volume of 203 pages with digested
views or reconstructions from the more serious and extensive biographies. Ergo, the volume is a handy and serviceable
work for “smaller” purposes of introduction.
Mr. Mason constructs his discussion:
1. Cranmer’s
Life Until the Divorce
2. Cranmer
and Public Affairs Under Henry
3. Cranmer
and the Reformation Under Henry
4. Cranmer
under Edward VI
5. Cranmer’s
Last Years
Mr. Mason quotes Lord Houghton’s statement in the
preface to Recantacyons that Mr.
Cranmer was “the most mysterious personage of the British Reformation.” We share the view.
Mr. Mason gives a tour of his sources:
1) The first two
are highly recommended by him. First, H.
Jenkyn’s collection in the Parker Society.
We could only find three volumes for hardcopy at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Edited-Parker-Society/dp/1407702041/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1376432605&sr=8-11&keywords=cranmer+parker+society . Cranmer, Thomas. The Works
of Thomas Cranmer, Vol. 1-3 (ed. Parker Society. No location: Hardpress
Publishing, 2012. Available at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Edited-Parker-Society/dp/1407702041/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1376432605&sr=8-11&keywords=cranmer+parker+society A few online resources are available at: Cranmer,
Thomas. Writings and Disputations, vol. 1 (1844) PDF Cranmer, Thomas. Writings and Disputations, vol. 2 (1844) PDF [Internet Archive]
2) Secondly, Narratives of the
Reformation (Camden Society). No
location: Ulan Press, 2012. Mr. G.W.
Bromiley, as we noted yesterday, also highly recommended this. Available at: http://www.amazon.com/Narratives-Reformation-Camden-Society-Britain/dp/B00ARBTSV4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376357922&sr=8-1&keywords=narratives+of+the+reformation+%28camden+society%29
3) Allegedly,
there is a “biography” somewhere by Mr. Ralph Morice. We are searching. It was written at Mr. (abc) Matthew Parker’s
request. Also, Mr. Morice consulted with
Mr. John Foxe. It may be found at the end of John Strype’s life of
Cranmer. Mr. Morice was the longtime and
trusted secretary of Mr. Cranmer throughout his time as Canterbury. Mr. Mason notes that Foxe speaks with
“vivacity and picaresque force.”
4) Misters Bp.
Burnet and Rev. John Strype are “most useful to the student.” Everyone cites these two
must-haves/must-reads.
5) Burnet, Gilbert. History
of the Reformation of the Church of England, 6 Volumes. No location: Ulan
Press, 2012. According to Mr. G.W.
Bromiley, there are seven volumes. Available at: http://www.amazon.com/History-Reformation-Church-England-Volumes/dp/B00A9UTDQI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1375124672&sr=8-5&keywords=gilbert+burnet+history+of+reformation
They are available online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=q88WAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=gilbert+burnet+history+of+the+reformation&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ec32Ub7EOpPa9QS264HYBQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=gilbert%20burnet%20history%20of%20the%20reformation&f=false In 1679, Mr. Burnet says: “…as eminent virtues, and as few faults in
him as in any prelate, that has been in the Christian Church for many
ages.” In 1715, he nuances this with:
“…if it had not been for Cranmer’s too feeble compliance in King Henry’s time,
and the last inexcusable slip, he might well be proposed as one of the greatest
patterns of history.”
6) Strype, John. Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God Thomas Cranmer: Sometime
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Wherein the History of the Church, and the ...
Greatly Illustrated; and Many Singular Matter. No location: Ulan Press,
2012. In hardcopy, it is available
at: http://www.amazon.com/Memorials-Reverend-Father-Thomas-Cranmer/dp/B009PU77G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375124947&sr=8-1&keywords=John+strype+cranmer .
It is available online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=eA5IYYMsOA8C&pg=PA533&dq=john+strype+cranmer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t9P2UYv4B4ma9gTLm4CQAg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=john%20strype%20cranmer&f=false
7) Todd, Henry John. Archbishop Cranmer, 2 Volumes. Ulan
Press, 2010. Available in hardcopy at: http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Archbishop-Cranmer-Volume/dp/1147103828/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1375125644&sr=8-5&keywords=todd+archbishop+cranmer.
It is available online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=zmkmGlnvbNgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=john+henry+todd+archbishop+cranmer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NND2UZ2vL4Pc9QSI2YBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=john%20henry%20todd%20archbishop%20cranmer&f=false
8) Todd, Henry John. A Reply to Dr. [J.] Lingard's Vindication of
His History of England, As Far As Respects Archbishop Cranmer. Ulan Press, 2012. Available in hardcopy
at: http://www.amazon.com/Lingards-Vindication-History-Respects-Archbishop/dp/B00AP6SVG4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375125644&sr=8-1&keywords=todd+archbishop+cranmer It is available online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=IrrkAJHRGagC&printsec=frontcover&dq=john+henry+todd+archbishop+cranmer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NND2UZ2vL4Pc9QSI2YBg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=john%20henry%20todd%20archbishop%20cranmer&f=false
9) Todd, Henry John. A Vindication of the Most Reverend Thomas
Cranmer, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: And Therewith of the Reformation in
England, Against Some of the ... the Rev. Dr. Milner, and Charles Butler. Ulan, 2010.
Available in hardcopy at: http://www.amazon.com/Vindication-Reverend-Cranmer-Archbishop-Canterbury/dp/B009P5NHS8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1375125644&sr=8-3&keywords=todd+archbishop+cranmer
It is available online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=JVALAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=john+henry+todd+archbishop+cranmer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vdD2UZ6IF4OE8gSB-ICYBQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=john%20henry%20todd%20archbishop%20cranmer&f=false
10)
Hook. Life
of Cranmer. We were unable to locate
this.
Mr. Mason speaks glowingly of Mr.
(rev.) Richard Watson Dixon’s work. We
read his volume on Elizabeth and he is full and scholarly. Mr. Mason quotes Mr.
Dixon: “…because the more deeply
Cranmer’s character and career are studied, the more attractive they make
themselves to be.” Dixon,
Richard Watson. History of the Church of
England: From the Aboltion of the Roman Jurisdiction, Vols. 1-6. No location: Ulan, 2012. http://www.amazon.com/History-Church-England-Abolition-Jurisdiction/dp/B00A7NWP62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376434679&sr=8-1&keywords=richard+watson+dixon+history+of+the+church+of+england We located one online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=x1MdBR593-0C&pg=PP8&dq=r.w.dixon+history+of+the+church+of+england&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S7kKUrOFGK354APkgIHYCg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=r.w.dixon%20history%20of%20the%20church%20of%20england&f=false
. A small taste of these delicious volumes
are suggested by the preface of the online version:
“The First
Volume contains the period from the Fall of Wolsey to the end of the Pilgrimage
of Grace. It gives for the first time the whole history of the struggle between
the King, aided by the Parliament, and the Clergy, which ended with the submission
of the latter. It contains the various acts by which the Roman jurisdiction was
ended: the fullest account of the troubles of More, Fisher, Houghton, and
others under the new acts of Supreme Head and verbal treason. The examination
of the evidence on which the religious houses are commonly believed to have
been condemned, the first part of the Monastic Suppression, and the Pilgrimage
of Grace, are among the chief contents of this volume: and of the whole work it
is a principal feature to afford a sufficient treatment of the various
visitations, injunctions, articles, and formularies that appeared in the course
of the Reformation.”
“The Second Volume continues and concludes, from
the former volume, the history of the Monastic Suppression, an event which has
never before been treated in a consecutive manner. It exhibits fully, for the
first time, the various negotiations between Henry and the Protestants; and for
ihe first time divides by their years and assigns to their causes the religious
persecutions of Henry's later years. It embraces the Irish Reformation, and the
affairs of Scotland and of the Continent, as they affected England: it gives a
full account of the compilation of the Third English Confession, which it
compares with the Second: it traces the Liturgic Reformation to the point at
which it arrived within the period. The volume is furnished with an Index to
the two first volumes."
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