Christ Exalted: Pastoral Writings of Hanserd Knollys with an Essay on His Eschatological Thought
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Overview
Hanserd Knollys was an important and leading figure of the early Calvinistic Baptist movement in Great Britain in the seventeenth century. His spiritual and pastoral journey began with the Church of England, followed by a brief time in Congregationalism, and finally landing with the Particular Baptists. Knollys was an educated Baptist clergyman, having graduated from Cambridge University, who published over twenty-five works in his lifetime. Zealous for the Lord, previously published by Barry Howson and Dennis Bustin, allows the reader to get a glimpse of the man and his thought. This book, Christ Exalted, allows the reader to penetrate deeper into his thought by reading some of his more pastoral works. In addition, Knollys was taken up with the signs of the times and eschatology. Consequently, the final chapter of this book includes a chapter on his eschatological thought taken from six of his works that address this subject.
“I personally am deeply grateful for the exposure given to
Hanserd Knollys and his thought. He suffered much for his
conscientious commitment to biblical truth, demonstrated courage
and love under the constant threat of oppression and even
imprisonment, while maintaining faithfulness to his calling to
preach the gospel. He is a living demonstration of the rigorous
theological pilgrimage of the early Particular Baptists to an
ecclesiological commitment suspected and even despised by their
contemporaries. In addition, the zeal for evangelistic preaching of
the gospel was of paramount importance to Knollys and should
encourage us with his example prompted by an assurance arising from
the sovereign grace of God in salvation. He has been too little
known, but these publications are now providing a rich narrative
that can edify all lovers of Christ and the gospel.”
—Tom J. Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary
“Seventeenth-century England produced more than its share of
fascinating people and movements, and one of those movements was
the group of churches called Baptist. One of the most influential
leaders among the Particular (Calvinistic) Baptists was Hanserd
Knollys, and in this book Barry Howson gives us a glimpse of his
thought, with a particular focus on Knollys’s eschatology. His
historicist reading of the Apocalypse shaped his pastoral ministry
in many ways, and this sample of his writing with Howson’s
commentary gives insight into a man who should not be
forgotten.”
—Stanley Fowler, Professor of Theology, Heritage College and
Seminary
- Title: Christ Exalted: Pastoral Writings of Hanserd Knollys with an Essay on His Eschatological Thought
- Author: Barry H. Howson
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781532679094, 9781532679070, 9781532679087, 1532679092, 1532679076, 1532679084
- Resource ID: LLS:9781532679094
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T14:53:37Z
Barry H. Howson is the Academic Dean and Professor of Theology
of Heritage Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. He
graduated with a Master of Divinity from Central Baptist Seminary
(1984), and with his MA (1996) and PhD (2000) in Church History at
McGill University. He has been a professor at Heritage since 2001,
primarily teaching in the areas of systematic theology, biblical
theology, worldviews/apologetics, and church history. Since 1980 he
has been involved in local church ministry as a youth pastor, lead
pastor, and teaching pastor. He is currently lead pastor at
Heritage Fellowship Baptist Church in Ancaster, Ontario. He is
married to Sharon and has two daughters.