Warburton Lectures
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The Warburton Lectures (until the end of the nineteenth century often called the Warburtonian Lectures) are a series of theology lectures held in Lincoln's Inn, London. They were established in 1768 with money given by William Warburton, and were intended to bring young divines to the notice of London audiences.{{cite journal |last1=During |first1=Simon |title=Church, State, and Modernization: English Literature as Gentlemanly Knowledge after 1688 |journal=Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture |date=2008 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=167–196 |doi=10.1353/sec.0.0020 |s2cid=144802939 |id={{Project MUSE|237190}} }} The set topic was the proof of Christianity through prophecies.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Warburton, William (1698–1779), bishop of Gloucester and religious controversialist by B. W. Young.
Lecturers
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- 1768–1772 Richard HurdODNB
- 1773–1776 Samuel HallifaxODNB
- 1777–1780 Lewis BagotODNB
- 1781–1785 East ApthorpDiscourses on prophecy: read in the chapel of Lincoln's-Inn, at the lecture founded by the Right Reverend William Warburton (1786), two volumes.
- 1800–1804 Robert Nares{{DNB Cite|wstitle=Nares, Robert}}
- 1807 Edward Pearson{{acad|PR778E|Pearson, Edward}}
- 1814–1815 Philip Allwood {{acad|ALWT787P|Allwood, Philip}}
- 1821–1825 John DavisonODNB; {{cite DNB|wstitle=Davison, John}} Discourses on Prophecy, in which are considered its structure, use and inspiration (1824)[https://archive.org/details/discoursesonprop00daviiala archive.org].
- 1829–1832 William Rowe Lyall:{{acad|LL804WR|Lyall, William Rowe}} his Propædia Prophetica of 1840 returned to the same circle of ideas, though Lyall made a disclaimer that this work was not the text of the lectures{{cite book|author=William Rowe Lyall|title=Propædia Prophetica: A View of the Use and Design of the Old Testament. Followed by Two Dissertations : I. On the Causes of the Rapid Propagation of the Gospel Among the Heathen. II. On the Credibility of the Facts Related in the New Testament|url=https://archive.org/details/propdiaprophet00lyal|year=1840|publisher=J.G.F. & J. Rivington|page=vi}}
- 1833–1836 Frederick NolanODNB
- 1837–1840 Alexander McCaulODNB
- 1841–1845 Benjamin Harrison Prophetic Outlines of the Christian Church and the Antichristian Power[https://archive.org/details/propheticoutlin01harrgoog Internet Archive (published 1849)]
- 1845 John Frederick Denison Maurice The Epistle to the Hebrews{{acad|MRY823JF|Maurice, John Frederick Denison}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=X3COAAAAMAAJ Google Books]
- 1849–1853 Edward Bishop Elliott The Destinies and Perils of the Church, as Predicted in ScriptureThe Destinies and Perils of the Church, as Predicted in Scripture: Being the Warburtonian lectures from 1849 to 1853
- 1854–1858 William Goode{{acad|GD820W|Goode, William}}[https://archive.org/details/fulfilledprophec00good Internet Archive]
- 1866 Benjamin Morgan CowieODNB
- 1870–1874 Edwin Hamilton Gifford Voices of the Prophets{{acad|GFRT838EH|Gifford, Edwin Hamilton}}
- 1874 James Woodhouse{{acad|MRS849J|Moorhouse, James}}ODNB
- 1876–1880 Stanley Leathes Old Testament Prophecy: its witness as a record of divine foreknowledge{{acad|LTS848S|Leathes, Stanley}}
- 1880–1884 Alfred Edersheim Prophecy and History in Relation to the MessiahODNB
- 1884–1885 John Gray Richardson{{acad|RCRT868JG|Richardson, John Gray}}
- 1886–1890 Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick The Doctrine of the Prophets{{acad|KRKK867AF|Kirkpatrick, Alexander Francis}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=qprMb5sCWNIC Google Books]
- 1894–1898 Henry Wace Prophecy: Jewish and ChristianOnline at https://archive.org/details/prophecyjewishch00wace (1911 publication)
- 1898–1901 Herbert Edward Ryle{{acad|RL875HE|Ryle, Herbert Edward}}
- 1907–1911 Michael George GlazebrookODNB
- 1911–1915 A. Lukyn Williams, Gospel of Matthew
- 1915–1919 William Oscar Emil Oesterley{{acad|OSTY885WO|Oesterley, William Oscar Emil}}
- 1919 Robert Henry CharlesODNB The Decalogue
- 1927–1931 David Capell Simpson{{cite news|title=Obituaries - Rev. Professor D. C. Simpson|work=The Times|issue=53215|date=9 May 1955|page=13}}
- 1931 William Ralph Inge God and the AstronomersPublished 1933{{acad|IN879WR|Inge, William Ralph}}
References
- Catalogue of the Library of Princeton Theological Seminary (1886), p. 131; https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflibra00prin#page/130/mode/2up
Notes
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Further reading
- The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1985–1994, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London.
- The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1995–2005, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, 2006.
Category:Christian theological lectures
Category:Recurring events established in 1768