{"product_id":"barclays-apology-in-modern-english-9781594980183","title":"Barclay's Apology in Modern English","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch of what was controversial more than 300 years ago when Robert Barclay wrote \u003cem\u003eAn Apology for the True Christian Divinity\u003c\/em\u003e still exists in contemporary religious debate. This Quaker theologian confronts with boldness issues of individual concern such as the dynamics of redemption, the Bible and authority, and eternal security. He also addresses crucial matters for the corporate life such as the nature of the church, its ministry and sacraments, gathered worship, and the relationship between church and state. As Barclay develops these issues, a Christianity emerges in which Christ's revelation through the Spirit is central to each aspect. It is a faith that challenges shallower concepts and is enhanced by the drama of intense opposition that Barclay encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Apology\u003c\/em\u003e has always been the classic systematic statement of the Quaker faith. But the lucid prose of the original text suffered the same hardening of the linguistic arteries that overtook the King James Version of the Bible. Obscure words and sentence structure have been eliminated in this edition, and the addition of annotations enhances the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an ecumenist trying to understand beliefs that were significant to Methodism, challenging to Calvinism, and frequently in rapport with Catholicism; or a Quaker seeking a better understanding of your own faith; you will find \u003cem\u003eBarclay's Apology\u003c\/em\u003e enlightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreiday, Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dean Freiday (1915-2008) served for many years in positions of ecumenical leadership. He served several years as editor of Quaker Religious Thought and has written several books, including Nothing Without Christ.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarclay, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Barclay was one of the few Quaker aristocrats of the first half-century of the Friends movement. He was born to a wealthy Scottish family in 1648, brought up as a strict Calvinist, and educated at a Roman Catholic college in Paris where he became proficient both in Latin and French. Barclay became a convinced Friend at eighteen years of age after visiting his father in prison and coming under the influence of a fellow prisoner, John Swinton, who was a Quaker. With the benefit of family wealth, Barclay spent a good deal of time in scholarship at the family estate in Ury. In 1678, at the age of 27, he published in Latin the work for which he is most famous, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People Called Quakers. Barclay's Apology, as it's known today, is still the best and most thorough defense of Friends principles that has ever been written. In addition to his scholarly work, Barclay made an extensive evangelistic trip to Europe with George Fox, William Penn and George Keith and served for a time, in absentia, as Governor of the colony in East Jersey. He and his wife are ancestors both to the Barclays of the famous banking firm as well as the Gurneys of Earlham.","brand":"Barclay Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557469851922,"sku":"9781594980183","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_49e61dd1-32fc-412b-ad34-c4d43c1ea02f.jpg?v=1731783680","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/barclays-apology-in-modern-english-9781594980183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}