Reformed Churchmen: 13 December 1835 A.D. Rev. Phillips Brooks Born—Episcopal Clergy Preaches When Lincoln Lay in State, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Saturday, December 13, 2014

13 December 1835 A.D. Rev. Phillips Brooks Born—Episcopal Clergy Preaches When Lincoln Lay in State, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA

13 December 1835 A.D. Rev. Phillips Brooks Born—Episcopal Clergy Preaches When Lincoln Lay in State, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA

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Phllips Brooks (1835 to 1893)

Episcopal Church

Was He Right that All Men Are Children of God?

Phillips Brooks was born in Boston. Ordained in 1859, Brooks became famous as a preacher of exceptional personality, charm and spiritual force. This Episcopalian minister was broad in his theology; his central message was that all men are children of God (Jesus declared that some have Satan as their father). He wrote the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem " for the children of his Sunday School, after a visit to the Holy Land in 1868. His sermon over Lincoln's body at Independence Hall was nationally reported.