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John Keble
John Keble , 1792–1866, English clergyman and poet. His career (1807–11) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, was one of unusual distinction. Made fellow of Oriel College in 1811 and ordained in 1816, he became tutor and examiner, but resigned in 1823 to become his father's curate. He based the doctrine and devotion of his important poetical work The Christian Year (1827) on the Book of Common Prayer. It sold 150 editions in 50 years and led to a professorship of poetry at Oxford (1831–41). Alarmed at the suppression of 10 bishoprics in Ireland, Keble preached (1833) a sermon that he called "National Apostasy." J. H. Newman later called this the beginning of the Oxford movement . From 1836 he held the living of Hursley, Hampshire. His works include an edition of Richard Hooker's works (1836), a life of Bishop Wilson (1863), the Oxford Psalter (1839) and Lyra Innocentium: Thoughts in Verse on Children (1846). Among his poems are the well-known hymns Red o'er the Forest, New Every Morning Is Thy Love, and Sun of My Soul. |
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"John Keble." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "John Keble." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Keble-Jo.html "John Keble." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Keble-Jo.html |
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Keble, John
Keble, John (1792–1866). Credited with launching the Oxford movement with his Assize Sermon of 1833, Keble spent most of his life as a country parson. The sermon was provoked by the moderate reform of the Irish Church Temporalities Act, which to Keble represented a sacrilegious interference with church order by the secular power. He was heeded as a man of deep spirituality and the author of the much-loved volume of religious verse, The Christian Year (1827), and struck a chord with the growing high-church party seeking a more spiritual view of the Church of England. Keble was brought up in a clerical family near Fairford in Gloucestershire in the high-church tradition of the Caroline divines. At Oxford he was regarded as a brilliant intellect and was professor of poetry (1831–5) until he married and left Oxford for the parish of Hursley in Hampshire, where he spent the rest of his life.
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JOHN CANNON. "Keble, John." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Keble, John." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-KebleJohn.html JOHN CANNON. "Keble, John." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-KebleJohn.html |
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Keble, John
Keble, John (1792–1866), Tractarian leader. The son of John Keble, vicar of Coln St Aldwyn, he resigned his post as tutor at Oriel College, Oxford, in 1823 to assist his father in the cure of his parish. Here he wrote the poems which he published in 1827 as The Christian Year. In 1831 he was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford. He became increasingly conscious of the dangers threatening the C of E from the reforming and liberal movements, and on 14 July 1833 he preached before the University an assize sermon on National Apostasy. He took a leading part in the Oxford Movement, contributing several of the Tracts for the Times. He worked closely with E. B. Pusey to keep the High Church movement steadily attached to the C of E. From 1836 he was vicar of Hursley, near Winchester. Keble College, Oxford, was founded in his memory. Feast day in parts of the Anglican Communion, 29 May or 14 July.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Keble, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Keble, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-KebleJohn.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Keble, John." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-KebleJohn.html |
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Keble, John
Keble, John (1792–1866), became fellow and tutor at Oriel College (where Newman and Pusey were also fellows) and professor of poetry at Oxford, 1831–41. His sermon on national apostasy in 1833 was considered the start of the Oxford Movement, which he also supported by nine of the Tracts for the Times. His volume of sacred verse The Christian Year (1827), intended as a guide to devotion and a commentary on the Book of Common Prayer, shows the influence of G. Herbert and, in its feeling for the natural world, of Wordsworth. Keble also edited Hooker (1836), helped Newman with Froude's Remains, and contributed to Lyra Apostolica. Keble College, Oxford, was founded in his memory in 1870.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Keble, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Keble, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-KebleJohn.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Keble, John." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-KebleJohn.html |
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Keble, John
Keble, John (1792–1866). Credited with launching the Oxford movement with his Assize Sermon of 1833, which was provoked by the moderate reform of the Irish Church Temporalities Act. To Keble it represented a sacrilegious interference with church order by the secular power. At Oxford he was regarded as a brilliant intellect and was professor of poetry (1831–5) until he married and left Oxford for the parish of Hursley in Hampshire, where he spent the rest of his life.
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JOHN CANNON. "Keble, John." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Keble, John." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-KebleJohn.html JOHN CANNON. "Keble, John." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-KebleJohn.html |
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