Praise for Browne’s Exposition of the 39 Articles: Volume One
Anglican Compass is proud to announce our release of a new edition of E. Harold Browne’s An Exposition of the 39 Articles: Volume One, the first of four eventual volumes, now available on Kindle and in hardcover on Amazon. Browne’s Exposition is a classic commentary on each article of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, the Anglican formulary that explains our basic tenets of doctrine. This new edition features helpful commentary on each of Browne’s expositions of the first eight articles by James Clark and gently updated language. It is already getting notable praise from Anglican leaders:
E. Harold Browne’s Exposition of the 39 Articles has stood for generations as one of the finest theological companions to our Anglican formularies, and the appearance of a fresh edition with James Clark’s careful commentary is genuinely welcome news. The Articles remain foundational to classical and authentic Anglican identity, and resources that open them afresh to a new generation of clergy and laity are treasures for the church today.
The Rt. Rev. Julian M. Dobbs,
Diocesan Bishop, Anglican Diocese of the Living Word;
Dean of the Province, Anglican Church in North America
Anglicanism has always understood itself as a Reformed Catholicism—not a splitting of differences, but a coherent theological vision in which the ancient inheritance of the Church and the Reformation’s recovery of the gospel are held together rather than pitted against each other. The 39 Articles are among the primary instruments by which that vision was defined, and Browne’s Exposition of the 39 Articles remains the most reliable guide to their teaching. Browne’s work is admirable not only for the depth of its learning but also for the Spirit in which the author’s convictions are communicated. The work never degenerates into partisanship, since Browne navigates contested questions with a rare combination of theological clarity and genuine charity. James Clark’s annotations serve Browne’s text beautifully, setting it in conversation with questions that remain with us today. I am grateful to Anglican Compass for bringing this edition back into print, and I look forward to the publication of the remaining volumes.
The Very Rev. Cn. Bryan C. Hollon, PhD,
Dean and President, Prof. of Theology,
Trinity Anglican Seminary
The reprint of a classic work is always welcome, and the late Bishop Browne’s commentary on the 39 Articles comes at a time of renewed interest in the foundations of Anglicanism. Its comprehensive coverage, supplemented by a modern update by James Clark, will be of great value to clergy and students alike as they seek to understand and communicate the essentials of our faith to a new generation.
The Rev. Gerald Bray, DLitt,
Research Professor of Divinity,
Beeson Divinity School
It is often incorrectly stated that the Anglican Way lacks a tradition of systematic theology. The advantage of this false perspective flows from the ability either to dismiss the important theological accomplishments of Anglicans or to create a strange brew of individualistic musings and systematics borrowed from other traditions to further a confused Anglican’s personal mystical journey through the ecclesial jurisdictions of America. Thankfully, this timely reprint and representation of E. Harold Browne’s Exposition of the 39 Articles should return this classic book, once highly respected on both sides of the Atlantic, to a place of prominence on every Anglican’s bookshelf. Browne, now assisted by James Clark’s commentary, guides the reader through the central truths once entirely common to Anglicans while defending the traditional Anglican formularies as being derived from Scripture with copious references to their place in the tradition of the church. One honest read-through of Browne’s work should cure anyone of the notion that the Anglican Way is primarily concerned with aesthetics and liturgy rather than with using those important features of common religious life to better understand the living God we worship and love. This book is an expression of worshipping God with our whole mind.
The Rev. Richard Tarsitano,
Vicar of Trinity Anglican Church Mission
of the Reformed Episcopal Church
Image: Cover art for An Exposition of the 39 Articles; design by Jacob Davis, using a public domain photograph of Winchester Cathedral (public domain).
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