The scholar priest in the Church of England in the nineteenth century

Jasper, D. (2023) The scholar priest in the Church of England in the nineteenth century. Journal of Anglican Studies, (doi: 10.1017/S1740355323000013) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

The Oxford Movement in the 1830s prompted some formidable theological scholarship which profoundly affected the lives and personalities of many Oxford-educated Church of England clergymen, not a few of whom combined deeply scholarly lives with successful parish ministries. This essay examines the lives of two such men, Canon T.F. Simmons, a parish priest in Yorkshire for some thirty years, and Bishop Mandell Creighton, much of whose scholarly writing was produced in a remote Northumberland parish before his return to Cambridge and London. By the end of the century such learned clergymen were becoming a rarity in the Church of England.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Oxford University, Oxford movement, parish, T. F. Simmons, Mandell Creighton, theological colleges.
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jasper, Professor David
• Authors: Jasper, D.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies
• Journal Name: Journal of Anglican Studies
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISSN: 1740-3553
• ISSN (Online): 1745-5278
• Published Online: 24 January 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Author(s)
• First Published: First published in Journal of Anglican Studies 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy