The Warburton Lectures (until the end of the nineteenth century often called the Warburtonian Lectures) are a series of theology lectures held in
Lincoln's Inn, London. They were established in 1768 with money given by
William Warburton
William Warburton (24 December 16987 June 1779) was an English writer, literary critic and churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1759 until his death. He edited editions of the works of his friend Alexander Pope, and of William Shakespeare.
Li ...
, and were intended to bring young divines to the notice of London audiences. The set topic was the proof of Christianity through prophecies.
Lecturers
*1768–1772
Richard Hurd
*1773–1776
Samuel Hallifax
*1777–1780
Lewis Bagot
*1781–1785 East Apthorp
*1800–1804
Robert Nares
Robert Nares (9 June 1753, York – 23 March 1829) was an English clergyman, philologist and author.
Life
He was born at York in 1753, the son of James Nares (1715–1783), organist of York Minster and educated at Westminster School and Ch ...
*1807
Edward Pearson
*1814–1815 Philip Allwood
*1821–1825
John Davison ''Discourses on Prophecy, in which are considered its structure, use and inspiration'' (1824)
*1829–1832
William Rowe Lyall
William Rowe Lyall (11 February 1788 – 17 February 1857) was an English churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1845 to 1857.
Life
He was born in Stepney, Middlesex, the fifth son of John Lyall and Jane Comyn. He was educated at Trinity College, C ...
: his ''Propædia Prophetica'' of 1840 returned to the same circle of ideas, though Lyall made a disclaimer that this work was not the text of the lectures
*1833–1836
Frederick Nolan
*1837–1840
Alexander McCaul
Reverend Alexander McCaul (16 May 1799 – 13 November 1863) was an Irish Hebraist and missionary to the Jews.
Life
McCaul, the son of Alexander McCaul (a cordwainer) was born to a Protestant family in Dublin, 16 May 1799. He was educated at a ...
*1841–1845
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...
''Prophetic Outlines of the Christian Church and the Antichristian Power''
*1845
John Frederick Denison Maurice
John Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), known as F. D. Maurice, was an English Anglican theologian, a prolific author, and one of the founders of Christian socialism. Since the Second World War, interest in Maurice has expanded."Fre ...
''The Epistle to the Hebrews''
*1849–1853
Edward Bishop Elliott ''The Destinies and Perils of the Church, as Predicted in Scripture''
*1854–1858
William Goode
*1866
Benjamin Morgan Cowie
Benjamin Morgan Cowie was Dean of Manchester and then Exeter, both in England, in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Born on 8 June 1816, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and graduated Senior Wrangler in 1839. Ordained in 18 ...
*1870–1874
Edwin Hamilton Gifford ''Voices of the Prophets''
*1874 James Woodhouse
*1876–1880
Stanley Leathes ''Old Testament Prophecy: its witness as a record of divine foreknowledge''
*1880–1884
Alfred Edersheim ''Prophecy and History in Relation to the Messiah''
*1884–1885
John Gray Richardson
*1886–1890
Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick
Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (25 June 1849 – 22 January 1940) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University (1882–1903) and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge (1898–1907).
Life
Kirkpatrick was born at Lewes, East ...
''The Doctrine of the Prophets''
*1894–1898
Henry Wace ''Prophecy: Jewish and Christian''
*1898–1901
Herbert Edward Ryle
Herbert Edward Ryle (25 May 1856 – 20 August 1925) was an English Old Testament scholar and Anglican bishop, successively serving as the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Winchester and the Dean of Westminster.
Early life
Ryle was born in ...
*1907–1911
Michael George Glazebrook
*1911–1915
A. Lukyn Williams, ''Gospel of Matthew''
*1915–1919
William Oscar Emil Oesterley
*1919
Robert Henry Charles
Robert Henry (R. H.) Charles, (Cookstown, 6 August 1855–Westminster, 1931) was an Irish Anglican theologian, biblical scholar, professor, and translator from Northern Ireland. He is known particularly for his English translations of numerous ...
''The Decalogue''
*1927–1931
David Capell Simpson
*1931
William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge () (6 June 1860 – 26 February 1954) was an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, Dean Inge. He ...
''God and the Astronomers''
References
*''Catalogue of the Library of Princeton Theological Seminary'' (1886), p. 131; https://archive.org/stream/catalogueoflibra00prin#page/130/mode/2up
Notes
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Further reading
*''The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1985–1994'', Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London.
*''The Warburton Lectures Delivered at Lincoln's Inn 1995–2005'', Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, 2006.
Christian theological lectures
Recurring events established in 1768
1768 establishments in England