BISHOP JOHN JEBB AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ANGLICAN RENAISSANCE - Tecno-Libro

Bishop Jebb s churchmanship combined the very best of the high church and the evangelical, in a catholic view of the sacramental life of the Church, a warmth and directness in preaching, an intellectual rigour, and a concern for the pastoral care of all. He is richly deserving of a modern biography. In this series of essays, Alan Acheson brings to life both the complexity and vitality of a great bishop.
-The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh

Bishop John Jebb (1775-1833), Fellow of the Royal Society, was a leader in the pre-Tractarian Anglican Church: as preacher, author, orator, and prolific correspondent. His works on liturgy, scripture, and biography were published in both London and America and influenced the fledgling Episcopal Church of the USA. As a Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland - he was Bishop of Limerick - Jebb was close to William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828. His correspondents included govenment ministers, theologians, English and