Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology

The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology (published by John Henry Parker) was a series of 19th-century editions of theological works by writers belonging to the Church of England. Devoted, as the title suggests, to significant Anglo-Catholic figures, it brought back into print a number of works from the 17th century and concentrated, though not exclusively, on the Caroline Divines.^[1] The publication of the Library, from 1841, was connected with the Oxford Movement which had begun in 1833; some of the editors, such as William John Copeland^[2] and Charles Crawley, were clearly identified with the movement. However, the interests of the Library diverged early from those of the Tractarians.^[3] A total of 95 volumes by 20 writers were published over a dozen years; the original plan had been to include 53 authors.^[4] The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology was founded in response to the publications of the Parker Society.^[5]

Authors

• Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626), 11 volumes, edited by J.P. Wilson and James Bliss
• William Beveridge (1637-1708), 12 volumes, edited by James Bliss^[6]
• John Bramhall, 5 volumes, edited by Arthur West Haddan
• George Bull, 7 volumes
• John Cosin (1594–1672), 5 volumes
• Richard Crakanthorp, edited by Christopher Wordsworth^[7]
• William Forbes
• Mark Frank, 2 volumes
• Peter Gunning, edited by Charles Page Eden^[8]
• Henry Hammond edited by Nicholas Pocock
• George Hickes
• John Johnson (1662–1726), editor John Baron
• William Laud (1573–1645) edited by William Scott and James Bliss
• Hamon L'Estrange
• Nathaniel Marshall
• William Nicholson
• John Overall (1559–1619)
• John Pearson (1613–1686), edited by Edward Churton (minor works)^[9]
• Herbert Thorndike, 6 volumes, edited by Arthur West Haddan
• Thomas Wilson (1663–1755) edited by John Keble

Committee

The committee members for the Library project were the following (serving 1840 to 1845 unless otherwise marked):^[10]

• R. S. Barton
• Edward Churton
• William John Copeland (1844–5)
• John Goulter Dowling (1840–1)
• William Gresley
• Walter Farquhar Hook
• Richard William Jelf
• John Keble
• Samuel Roffey Maitland (1840)
• Henry Edward Manning (1845)
• William Hodge Mill
• George Moberly
• John Henry Newman
• Henry Handley Norris (1840–3)
• William Palmer
• Arthur Philip Perceval (1840–4)
• Edward Bouverie Pusey
• Robert Isaac Wilberforce (1845)
• Christopher Wordsworth (1845)

See also

• Library of the Fathers