Thursday 20 October 2011

PHILIP DODDRIDGE'S PROTESTANT DISTINCTIVES

THE PROTESTANT DISTINCTIVES OF PHILIP DODDRIDGE: A Tercentenary Lecture


THE PROTESTANT DISTINCTIVES OF PHILIP DODDRIDGE
A Tercentenary Lecture
Alan C. Clifford
28pp pbk �2.50
ISBN 0 9526716 6 2

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The age of John Wesley, George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards was also the age of Philip Doddridge (1702-51). Remembered chiefly for his hymns, he was also a pastor, preacher, theologian, educator, author, philanthropist and patriot. A remarkable English christian by any standard, Doddridge's faithful, fragrant and far-reaching testimony to Christ made him unique in his day.

His obituary in the Northampton Mercury justly assessed his life. He was `a man of fine genius. ... His piety was without disguise, his love without jealousy, his benevolence without bounds. ... In the several characters of a friend, a preacher, a writer, a tutor, he had few superiors: in all united, he had no equal'.

At a time of ecumenical confusion and uncertainty in church and society, this lecture examines Doddridge�s protestant convictions. Challenging the view that Doddridge was a pioneer of modern ecumenism, the author believes that a rediscovery of Doddridge�s contribution is long overdue.

Ordained in Northampton in 1969, Dr Clifford is Pastor of Norwich Reformed church in Norfolk, a county with which Doddridge was closely connected.
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