J. B. Lightfoot
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Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot (13 April 1828 – 21 December 1889), known as J. B. Lightfoot, was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham.
Life
Lightfoot was born in
In 1866, he was Whitehall preacher, and in 1871 he became canon of St Paul's Cathedral. The Times wrote after his death that
It was always patent that what he was chiefly concerned with was the substance and the life of Christian truth, and that his whole energies were employed in this inquiry because his whole heart was engaged in the truths and facts which were at stake.
In 1875, Lightfoot became Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity in succession to William Selwyn. In 1879, he was consecrated bishop of Durham in succession to Charles Baring; he was enthroned at Durham Cathedral on 15 May. He soon surrounded himself with a band of scholarly young men.
Lightfoot was never married. He died at
He is buried in Auckland Castle Chapel, with a memorial in Durham Cathedral close to the choir stalls.
Work
Lightfoot wrote commentaries on the
The corpus of Lightfoot's writings include essays on biblical and historical subject matter, commentaries on
Lightfoot had said that he was open to the idea of a diaconate that included women and in 1899 Emily Marshall wrote A Suggestion for our Times on this theme. Marshall said she was told by Lightfoot to give her idea of training women in his diocese, to take on this role, "a practical form". Lightfoot's death resulted in her idea being shut down. Marshall created a new religious order within the church based on Lightfoot's discussion of the Third Order of Saint Francis who had historically consisted of men and women who did not live in monasteries or wear cowls. Marshall however regretted that diaconate idea had been lost due to his death.[4]
In 2014, it was announced that InterVarsity Press had agreed to publish about 1500 pages of previously unpublished biblical commentaries and essays by Lightfoot found in Durham Cathedral.[5] The first of the three volume set covers the Acts of the Apostles,[6] the second is a commentary on the Gospel of John[7] and the third is on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians and the First Epistle of Peter.[8]
Family
Lightfoot was the nephew of the artists Joseph Vincent Barber and Charles Vincent Barber and grandson of the artist and founding member of the Birmingham School of Art, Joseph Barber and great-grandson of the founder of Newcastle's first library, Joseph Barber whose tomb is in Newcastle Cathedral.[9]
Bibliography
- Apostolic Fathers. Part I. (two vols). London: MacMillan and Co. 1890.
- Apostolic Fathers. Part II. (three vols). London: MacMillan and Co. 1885–89.
- Apostolic Fathers Abridged. London: MacMillan and Co. 1891.
- Biblical Essays. London: MacMillan and Co. 1893.
- Cambridge Sermons. London: MacMillan and Co. 1890.
- Dissertations on the Apostolic Age. London: MacMillan and Co. 1892.
- Essays on Supernatural Religion. London: MacMillan and Co. 1889.
- Fresh Revision of the English New Testament. London: MacMillan and Co. 1871.
- Leaders in the Northern Church. London: MacMillan and Co. 1890.
- Historical Essays. London: MacMillan and Co. 1895.
- Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul from Unpublished Commentaries. London: MacMillan and Co. 1895.
- Ordination Addresses. London: MacMillan and Co. 1890.
- Primary Charge. London: MacMillan and Co. 1882.
- St. Clement of Rome. London: MacMillan and Co. 1869.
- Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. London: MacMillan and Co. 1865.
- Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon. London: MacMillan and Co. 1875.
- Saint Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. London: MacMillan and Co. 1868.
- The Christian Ministry. 1868.
- Sermons preached in St. Paul's. London: MacMillan and Co. 1891.
- Special Sermons. London: MacMillan and Co. 1891.
- The Contemporary Pulpit Library: Sermons by Bishop Lightfoot. London: Swan Sonnenschein. 1892.
References
- ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Lightfoot, Joseph Barber (LTFT847JB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Congress Presidents 1869-2002" (PDF). February 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/42195. Retrieved 10 January 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Ben Witherington III, "Text Archaeology: The Finding of Lightfoot's Lost Manuscripts," Biblical Archaeology Review, Vol. 40, No. 2 (March/April 2014), pp. 28, 71.
- ISBN 978-0-8308-9673-8.
- ISBN 978-0-8308-2945-3
- ISBN 978-0-8308-2946-0
- ^ Chrystal & Laundon 2015, p. 120.
Sources
- Treloar, Geoffrey R. (1998). Lightfoot the Historian: The Nature and Role of History in the Life and Thought of J.B. Lightfoot (1828–1889) as Churchman and Scholar. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-146866-7.
- McIntire, C.T. (2001). "Review of Lightfoot the Historian". Anglican and Episcopal History. 70 (2): 254–256. JSTOR 42612184.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Hort, Fenton John Anthony (1893). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- Barrett, C. K. "Lightfoot, Joseph Barber (1828–1889)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16650. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Chrystal, Paul; Laundon, Stan (2015). Secret Newcastle. Amberley. ISBN 978-1-4456-4139-3.
External links
- Works by or about J. B. Lightfoot at Wikisource
- Works by J. B. Lightfoot at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Joseph Barber Lightfoot at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about J. B. Lightfoot at Internet Archive
- Works by J. B. Lightfoot at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Bibliographic page on Lightfoot, Project Canterbury
- Portraits of J. B. Lightfoot at the National Portrait Gallery, London