Anglican Divines
The Anglican Divines are the theologians, bishops, and scholars whose writings have shaped Anglican doctrine and identity from the Reformation onward. Their works articulate the distinctive Anglican approach to theology: rooted in Scripture, informed by the early Church Fathers, and expressed through reason and the liturgical life of the Church.
John Jewel (1522–1571)
Section titled “John Jewel (1522–1571)”Bishop of Salisbury and author of the Apology of the Church of England (1562), the foundational defence of the Elizabethan Settlement. Jewel argued that the English Reformation was not an innovation but a return to the faith and practice of the primitive Church.
- An Apology of the Church of England — Introduction and Parts I–VI