Books of Homilies (eBook)

"The Homilies are of major significance for understanding Church of England doctrine and discipline at the Reformation. We are in Gerald Bray's debt for this new critical edition for a modern readership, which at last moves us beyond the familiar Victorian reprints. It is a perfect combination of careful scholarship and accessibility, and essential reading for every serious student of Anglicanism."Andrew Atherstone, Latimer Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford"Gerald Bray deserves thanks for producing in a modern critical edition The Books of Homilies, one of the key texts from the English Reformation, and making it more accessible for those interested in the Anglican tradition, homiletics, theology, and history."-Jane E.A. Dawson, The Expository Times, Vol. 128 No. 3, December 2016"[This book] offers a valuable insight not only into the relative doctrinal positions of those on both sides of the English Reformation divide, but also into the various social ills of the period."-Paul F. Bradshaw (University of Notre Dame), Worship, Book Reviews, Volume 91, May 2017"Gerald Bray's critical edition of the Book of Homilies is a welcome addition to the few modern texts available. Bray provides a concise and detailed discussion of the expected critical issues related to all three books of homilies."Benjamin J. Snyder, Asbury Theological Seminary, July 2018On one point is his edition clearly superior to the old (on the internet thought google books freely available) Griffiths eidition: It makes the Homilies Collection available, it's squeezed in between the first and second book of Homilies-Martin Ohst, Theologische Literaturzeitung, June 2019