Anglicanism: A Reformed Catholic Tradition
What is Anglicanism?
There are many associations that come to mind. Whether it is the buildings, the unique history, the prayers, or church government, often we emphasize one aspect against others. Is the Anglican church a Protestant church with distinctive characteristics, or a Catholic Church no longer in communion with Rome?
In Anglicanism: A Reformed Catholic Tradition, Gerald Bray argues that some theological trajectories are more faithful than others to the nature and history of the Church of England. Readers looking to understand the diversity, nature, and future of Anglicanism will be helped by Bray’s historical examination.
Praise for Anglicanism
Gerald Bray writes in the spirit of J. I. Packer and John Stott and has gifted the church with an unrivaled brief introduction to Anglicanism. Deo gratias!
–Mark Bowald, professor of theology, Grace Theological Seminary
Gerald Bray's helpful survey of the history and historic formularies of the Anglican tradition succeeds, on the one hand, in capturing the many-splendored character of Anglicanism, while demonstrating on the other that it is "Reformed Catholicism"—a Reformation church within the ancient Catholic tradition.
–Joel Scandrett, assistant professor of theology at Trinity School for Ministry and editor of To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism
Top Highlights
“The only medieval figure to be remembered today as a proto-Anglican is John Wycliffe or Wyclif (1328–1384).” (Page 8)
“was composed nearly a century later and began as a conscious attempt to improve the Thirty-nine Articles” (Page 16)
“an academic bent who rejected dogmatism in theology and promoted what amounted to freedom of thought” (Page 27)
“modern Anglicans generally accept the essentially amillenarian approach” (Page 17)
“Tyndale developed what would later become covenant theology” (Page 10)
- Title: Anglicanism: A Reformed Catholic Tradition
- Author: Gerald Bray
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2020
- Pages: 128
- Format: Logos Digital, Hardcover
- Trim Size: 5.25x8.5
- ISBN: 9781683594369
Dr. Gerald Bray is Research Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL, and Distinguished Professor of Theology at Knox Theological Seminary, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
He was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, where he did his undergraduate work at McGill University. He completed his doctoral studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and went on to study theology in Cambridge. In 1978 he was ordained in the Church of England and served a parish in London for two years before going on to teach at Oak Hill College in London. He has been at Beeson since 1993.
Dr. Bray is the editor of the Anglican journal Churchman and has published a number of books, including the award-winning Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present (InterVarsity Press, 1996), Yours Is the Kingdom: A Systematic Theology of the Lord's Prayer(InterVarsity Press, 2007), God Is Love (Crossway, 2012), and his most recent work, God Has Spoken: A History of Christian Theology (Crossway, 2014).
Dr. Bray speaks several languages fluently. He has lived in Germany, Greece, and Russia, and he has taught in several European countries and Australia. He can often be found in one of the archives of the Church of England, researching parts of its history, on which he has also published a number of important works. He is also an avid swimmer and cyclist.