John Cosin
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John Cosin (30 November 1594 – 15 January 1672) was an English bishop.
Life
He was born at
In 1630 he received his degree of
On 8 February 1635 Cosin was appointed master of
Cosin noted that Auckland Castle in the town of Bishop Auckland was empty and that its chapel was in ruin; he went on to improve the property, renovating the Great Hall and converting it into a new chapel that still stands today.[5][6][7]
He was elected to that See on 5 November, which election was confirmed on 22 November;[8] he was duly consecrated a bishop on 2 December[9] and enthroned on 8 December 1660.[8]
Cosin was responsible for a style of church woodwork unique to County Durham, a sumptuous fusion of gothic and contemporary Jacobean forms. The font cover in Durham Cathedral is a splendid example of this, as are the displays in the churches at Sedgefield and elsewhere. The Cosin woodwork at Brancepeth has sadly been destroyed by fire.
At the convocation in 1661 Cosin played a prominent part in the revision of the Book of Common Prayer, and endeavoured with some success to bring both prayers and rubrics into better agreement with ancient liturgies. Ultimately, his efforts produced the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, established as the authorized liturgical book of the Church of England by the Act of Uniformity 1662. He administered his diocese successfully for eleven years; and used a large share of his revenues to promote the interests of the Church, of schools and of charitable institutions.
He died in London in 1672. He had married Frances (d. 25 March 1642), the daughter of Marmaduke Blakiston
Attitudes
Though a classical high churchman and a rigorous enforcer of outward conformity, Cosin was uncompromisingly hostile to
On a theological point of view, Cosin is considered to be an
Writings
Among his writings (most of which were published posthumously) are a Historia Transubstantiationis Papalis (1675), Notes and Collections on the Book of Common Prayer (1710) and A Scholastical History of the Canon of Holy Scripture (1657). A collected edition of his works, forming 5 vols of the Oxford Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology, was published between 1843 and 1855; and his Correspondence (2 vols) was edited by George Ornsby for the Surtees Society (1868–1870).
Among his notable work was the translation of "
1. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
and lighten with celestial fire;
thou the anointing Spirit art,
who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart.
2. Thy blessed unction from above
is comfort, life, and fire of love;
enable with perpetual light
the dullness of our mortal sight.
3. Teach us to know the Father, Son,
and thee, of both, to be but one,
that through the ages all along
this may be our endless song:
4. Praise to thine eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Notes and references
Citations
- ^ "Cosin, John (CSN610J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Cosin, John (at York) (CCEd Appointment ID 88002)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- Walker, John (1863). Robert Whittaker (ed.). The sufferings of the clergy of the Church of England during the great rebellion. London. p. 169. Retrieved 26 January 2011.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ a b c Roach, J.P.C. (ed.) A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. Chapter: The colleges and halls: Peterhouse; section: Masters of Peterhouse. Accessed 8 September 2014
- ^ Lightfoot, Joseph Barber (1892). Leaders in the Northern Church: Sermons Preached in the Diocese of Durham. Macmillan. pp. 140.
- ^ Fordyce, p.548
- ^ "The Bishops of Durham Through Time". The Auckland Project. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ a b Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 73–77
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6372. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ The baptismal, marriage, and burial registers of the Cathedral church of Christ and Blessed Mary the virgin at Durham, 1609–1896.
- ^ Tyacke 1990, p. 119, 123-24, 126-27, 167, 171-72, 225. The relevant sources are Cosin, Works, I, pp. 58, 66, 78-79, 96-97; II, p. 115
- ^ Cressy 2006, p. 282.
Sources
- Tyacke, Nicholas (1990). Anti-Calvinists: the rise of English Arminianism, c. 1590-1640. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Cressy, David (2006). England on Edge: Crisis and Revolution 1640-1642. Oxford: Oxford University.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cosin, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 213–214.
External links
- Project Canterbury: The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology
- Works by John Cosin at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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