Lee Gatiss

The True Profession of the Gospel

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Produktbeschreibung

"Whilst the Calvinistic doctrines were the language of our pulpits as well as of our Articles, the Reformation made a swift and extensive progress. But ever since our Articles and our pulpits have been at variance, the Reformation has been at a stand." (Augustus Montague Toplady) At every Coronation for over three hundred years, British Monarchs have promised to maintain, "the true profession of the gospel... the Protestant Reformed religion." At a time when many Evangelicals and Anglicans are questioning their theology and re-thinking their identity, it is more important than ever for us to remember this gospel of sovereign grace. This book shows how God has used the Reformed gospel of 'grace alone' to revitalise churches riddled with immorality and flagging in meaning and purpose. With a focus on hymn-writer and theologian Augustus Toplady, it retells the story of Reformation and Revival for a new generation looking to draw strength from its roots. "Toplady represented a strand of Anglicanism which sought to stand in continuity with both the Church of England's Reformation roots and the more precise articulation of Reformed Orthodoxy. Lee Gatiss does a fine job of recovering this aspect of Toplady for today." (Carl Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary) "Readers will find this study at once encouraging and challenging. It is a strong example of the way in which historical writing can be both responsible and transparently useful for the church today." (Garry Williams, The John Owen Centre, London). Lee Gatiss is a graduate of New College (Oxford), Oak Hill (London), and Westminster Seminary (Philadelphia), and has worked for churches in Oxford, Kettering, and London. He and his family live in Cambridge where he is researching seventeenth century biblical interpretation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Latimer Trust
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9780946307746
• ISBN-10: 0946307741
• Artikelnr.: 30526777

Autorenporträt

Revd Dr Lee Gatiss has been Director of Church Society since January 2013. He is married to Kerry and they have three children. Lee is on the editorial board of Churchman, a trustee of the annual St Antholin Lecture, and a member of the Latimer Trust Theological Workgroup. He is on the Church of England Evangelical Council, and the council of Affinity Affinity. He also edits an internet journal called Theologian, Lee serves as a member of the editorial board of Studies in Puritanism, and is also a lecturer in church history at Union School of Theology. Lee read modern history at New College, Oxford. After working for St Ebbe's, Oxford, he was a student on the Cornhill Training Course in London, with a placement doing student work at All Soul's, Langham Place. From there he went on to read theological and pastoral studies at Oak Hill College in London. After ordination, Lee served for three years as Curate of St Botolph's, Barton Seagrave, and St Edmund's, Warkton, a Church Society Trust parish. He was then for five years the Associate Minister of St Helen's, Bishopsgate, with responsibility for the Sunday morning congregation and midweek groups, as well as leading the church family staff team, and Reform London. While in London he also completed a ThM in historical and systematic theology with Westminster Theological Seminary in the USA. He then spent three years researching 17th century biblical interpretation for a PhD at Peterhouse and Tyndale House, Cambridge, where he was awarded the Lightfoot Scholarship.