J.C.Ryle (1816-1900)

Summary

• 1816 - born Macclesfield
• Studied & excelled in sport at Oxford
• 1841 - ordained to a curacy in Exbury
• 1843 - St. Thomas Exeter
• 1844 - Helmingham, Suffolk
• 1861 - Stradbroke
• 1880 - Bishop of Liverpool
• 1900 - Ryle died on 10th June

J.C.Ryle by M Guthrie Clark

Published by Church Book Room Press
Introduction
Chapter 1 - I'll Bless the Heart that Planned
Chapter 2 - The Good Hand of my God upon me
Chapter 3 - The Pen of a Ready Writer
Chapter 4 - The Man Who Could Not Bow
Chapter 5 - His Reek Did Infect All It Blew Upon
Chapter 6 - A Man of Granite With the Heart of a Child

Texts by Ryle

• Why were our Reformers Burned? Church Association Lecture from 1867.
• The Thirty Nine Articles (Knots Untied 1877)
• Repentance. Church Book Room Press booklet (1962)
• Where are we? Churchman article by J. C. Ryle examining the state and condition of the evangelical party in the Church of England in 1879.
• Unity Among Churchmen. Churchman article by J. C. Ryle.
• James II and the Seven Bishops - Part 1: Churchman article
• James II and the Seven Bishops - Part 2: Churchman article
• The Teaching of the Ritualists : Church Association Tract 4
• The Eastward Position : Church Association Tract 30
• Distinctive Vestments : Church Association Tract 33
• Reasons for Opposing Ritualism : Church Association Tract 55
• What do we owe to the Reformation? : Church Association Tract 56
• What practical course of action should now be taken to give effect to the various judgments on disputed points of ceremony in the church? : Church Association Tract 61
• The Distinctive Principles of the Church of England : Church Association Tract 68
• The Eastward Position : Church Association Tract 136
• 12 Reasons Against Distinctive Vestments : Church Association Tract 137
• The Priesthood of Christ : Church Association Tract 140
• What do the Times Require? : Church Association Tract 147
• Church Reform - The Position of the Laity : Church Association Tract 191
• Regeneration and Baptism : Church Association Tract 193
• Thoughts on the Prayer Book (Ryle Reprint 1962 - original from Principles for Churchmen)

Articles on Ryle

• Bishop Ryle and Me. Cross†Way article (2010) by David Phipps.

• The First Bishop of Liverpool. Churchman article (1955) by O. R. Clarke.

• J. C. Ryle - 'Prince of Tract-writers.' Churchman article by Alan Munden.

• J. C. Ryle and Comprehensiveness. Churchman article by Peter Toon explaining how Ryle could minister in the Church of England which contained ministers and layman of different views.