''Lux Mundi: A Series of Studies in the Religion of the Incarnation'' is a collection of 12 essays by liberal Anglo-Catholic theologians published in 1889. It was edited by

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, then the principal of

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, and a future

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. Gore's essay, "The Holy Spirit and Inspiration", which showed an ability to accept discoveries of contemporary science, marked a break from the conservative

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thought of figures such as

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. He subsequently remedied

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deficiency in his 1891

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, ''The Incarnation of the Son of God''. Gore and ''Lux Mundi'' came to influence the 20th-century

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William Temple.

List of contributors

* H. S. Holland ("Faith") * Aubrey Moore ("The Christian Doctrine of God") * J. R. Illingworth ("The Problem of Pain: its bearing on faith in God" and "The Incarnation in relation to Development") * E. S. Talbot ("The Preparation in History for Christ") * R. C. Moberley ("The Incarnation as the Basis of Dogma") *

Arthur Lyttelton Arthur Temple Lyttelton (7 January 1852 – 19 February 1903) was an Anglican Bishop from the Lyttelton family. After studying at Eton College and Cambridge University, he was ordained as a priest in 1877, and was a curate at St Mary's in Readi ...

("The Atonement") *

("The Holy Spirit and Inspiration") *

Walter Lock Walter Lock (1846–1933) was an English Anglican priest and theologian, who served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford, from 1897 to 1920. Life Walter Lock was born on 14 July 1846. He was educated at Dorchester Grammar School and Marlborough C ...

("The Church") *

Francis Paget Francis Paget (20 March 18512 August 1911) was an English theologian, author and the 33rd Bishop of Oxford. Life He was the second son of the noted surgeon James, and brother of Luke (sometime Bishop of Stepney and of Chester). He was educat ...

("Sacraments") * W. J. H. Campion ("Christianity and Politics") * R. L. Ottley ("Christian Ethics")

In popular culture

The novel ''Absolute Truths'' by

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, the sixth novel in her "Starbridge" series, often refers to and quotes ''Lux Mundi'' in order to underpin the context of the Church of England in the book.

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