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Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks 1835-93, American Episcopal bishop, b. Boston. In 1869 he began his ministry at Trinity Church, Boston, where he became one of the most influential ministers of his time. In 1891 he was consecrated bishop of Massachusetts. His lectures at Yale were published as Lectures on Preaching (1877), and his Bohlen lectures in Philadelphia as The Influence of Jesus (1879). The Christmas hymn "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was included in his Christmas Songs and Easter Carols (1903).

Bibliography: See Life and Letters (ed. by A. V. Allen, 2 vol., 1900).

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Brooks, Phillips (1835–93), Bp. of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church from 1891. He was the most celebrated American preacher of his day. He wrote the carol ‘O little town of Bethlehem’. Feast day in the American BCP (1979), 23 Jan.

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Brooks, Phillips (1835–93), from the pulpit of Trinity Church in Boston, the stronghold of Episcopalianism, won an international reputation as a vigorous leader of his faith, being made a bishop in 1891. Although he published such books as Lectures on Preaching (1877), The Influence of Jesus (1879), and Essays and Addresses (1892), his best‐loved contribution is his Christmas hymn O Little Town of Bethlehem.

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