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Henry Parry Liddon
Henry Parry Liddon 1829–90, English clergyman, a noted preacher and lecturer. As canon of St. Paul's Cathedral (1870–90) and Dean Ireland professor of exegesis at Oxford (1870–82), he exercised great influence, which he used chiefly for advancing the High Church movement in the Church of England. The most important of his popular sermons were the Bampton Lectures of 1866. Published as The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they have passed through many editions. His life of E. B. Pusey was completed and published after his death.
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"Henry Parry Liddon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Henry Parry Liddon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Liddon-H.html "Henry Parry Liddon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Liddon-H.html |
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Liddon, Henry Parry
Liddon, Henry Parry (1829–90), Canon of St Paul's from 1870 and from 1870 to 1882 also Dean Ireland's professor of exegesis at Oxford. He exercised great influence at Oxford in face of post-Tractarian liberalism; throughout his life he exercised a ministry of spiritual direction. He was interested in the Old Catholics and attended the Bonn Reunion Conferences. He had an intense admiration for E. B. Pusey, whose Life he wrote (posthumously published, 1893–7).
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Liddon, Henry Parry." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Liddon, Henry Parry." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LiddonHenryParry.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Liddon, Henry Parry." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LiddonHenryParry.html |
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