James Garbett (1802-1879) was a British academic and Anglican cleric.
Life[]
Garbett was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1825 until 1836.[1] He was an Evangelical and an opponent of the Oxford Movement. He used his book of Bampton lectures to attack the doctrine held by them on justification by faith.[2]
He was parish priest of Clayton-cum-Keymer, Sussex from 1835 to his death.[3]
He was the anti-Tractarian candidate in the election of the Professor of Poetry in 1841/2. The 'Oxford Movement' candidate to replace John Keble in that position was Isaac Williams. Slender as his credentials were for the post, Garbett won, in a politicised campaign run by Ashurst Turner Gilbert, Principal of Brasenose.[4]
He was appointed Archdeacon of Chichester in 1851 and served until 1879.[5]
In his book Diocesan Synods and Convocation he argued for the abolition of synods.[6]
Publications[]
- Christ, as Prophet, Priest, and King: being a Vindication of the Church of England from Theological Novelties (Bampton Lectures). Oxford, UK: T. Comb / London: Hatchard, 1842,
- A Review of Dr. Pusey's sermon; and The doctrine of the Eucharist according to the Church of England. London: Hatchard, 1843.
- The University, the Church, and the New Test: With remarks on Mr. Oakeley's and Mr. Gresley's pamphlets. London: Hatchard, 1845.
- De Re Critica Praelectiones Oxonii Habitae (1847)
- Diocesan Synods and Convocation (1852)
See also[]
| Preceded by John Keble |
Oxford Professor of Poetry 1842-1852 |
Succeeded by Thomas Legh Clauton |
Referencs[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ (Concise Dictionary of National Biography)
- ↑ [3]. Mr. Garbett's name had not been in the first instance suggested by any purely literary anxiety to provide for the discharge of the duties of the Poetry chair, Henry Parry Liddon's Life of Edward Bouverie Pusey Chapter XXVII [4].
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ http://www.anglicanbooksrevitalized.us/Peter_Toons_Books_Online/History/evantheo2.htm
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