Works of the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, D. D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man

Works of the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, D. D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man

Author: Wilson, Thomas Thomas Wilson (20 December 1663 – 7 March 1755)

Large folio ((9.5x12") 1781. Wilson, Thomas. London. C. and R. Cruttwell. Very heavy gilt, 5 compartments, 2 panels with title and volume number. Full brown calf.

From Wiki: Thomas Wilson (20 December 1663 – 7 March 1755) was Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755. Wilson acted with the single aim of the moral and religious improvement of his people was recognised by them, and his strictness, joined with his self-denying charities, drew to him the affectionate veneration of those to whom he dedicated his work. Certainly, his fifty-eight years of service to the island as a resident bishop; his interest in the language and history of the island, and his involvement in improving so many aspects of the life of the island are his legacy. To the extent that any controversy arises, as a later biographer remarks, it is "centred on his championing of ecclesiastical supervision of individual and family life, a function that was increasingly questioned in the eighteenth century". A century after he lived, he was described by John Henry Newman as being "a burning and shining light", and several of his writings were republished in Tracts for the Times. A life of Wilson by John Keble was published with his Works (Oxford, 1847–1863). Wilson's 'Works' were collected (under his son's direction) by Clement Cruttwell, 1781, 2 vols., including a Life (reprinted 1785, 3 vols.), and by John Keble, with additions, in the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology, 1847–63, 7 vols, preceded by a Life, 1863, 2 vols., to which Keble had devoted sixteen years' labour.

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