Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1915–2009) was an ecclesiastical historian and historical theologian. He was

professor emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...

Fuller Theological Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature. Fuller consistently has a student body that compri ...

, "having been Professor of Church History and Historical

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there from 1958 until his retirement in 1987."

Biography

"Bromiley, born in

Bromley Cross Bromley Cross is a residential area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It gives its name to a larger electoral ward, which includes Eagley, Egerton, and Cox Green. Historically part of Lancashir ...

, Lancashire, England, in 1915. Bromiley died on 7 August 2009.

Education

Bromiley earned his MA at

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

and his PhD,

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, and DD at the

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Academic work

Ordained in the

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, Bromiley served from 1951 to 1958 as Rector of St. Thomas’s Church,

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. In 1958, he accepted the appointment as Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Fuller, where he served until his retirement in 1987."

Writings

* ''The Baptism of Infants'', 1955, 1976 & 1977, Vine Books (Out of print, but no
available online
through the

Church Society Church Society is a conservative, evangelical Anglican organisation and registered charity formed in 1950 by the merger of the Anglican Church Association (founded 1865) and National Church League (founded 1906 by amalgamation of two earlier bodie ...

website) * ''Children of Promise: The Case for Baptizing Infants'', 1979, Eerdmans, * ''God and Marriage'', 1980, Eerdmans, * ''Historical Theology: An Introduction'', 2000, T & T Clark, * ''Introduction to the Theology of Karl Barth'', 2000, T & T Clark, * ''Sacramental Teaching and Practice in the Reformation Churches'', 1957, Eerdmans, Bromiley also co-edited the English translation of

Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declara ...

Church Dogmatics ''Church Dogmatics'' () is the four-volume theological summa and ''Masterpiece, magnum opus'' of Swiss Protestant theologian Karl Barth, and was published in thirteen books from 1932 to 1967. The fourth volume of the ''Church Dogmatics'' (CD) is ...

series with T. F. Torrance. Whilst not all his original work, Bromiley is also listed as Author of the Fully Revised Edition of. *

References

External links

Fuller Mourns the Loss of Geoffrey Bromiley

''Christianity Today''
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The Baptism of Infants
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Online writings

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