Moule, H.C.G. – Hebrews

Handley Carr Glyn Moule

23 December 1841 – 8 May 1920) was an evangelical Anglican theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901–1920.

See My Explanation of Anglicanism, also from Wikipedia.org, their article on Anglicanism

Biography of Moule

Moule was schooled at home before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1860, where he graduated BA in 1864.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1865, and became an assistant master at Marlborough College before he was ordained deacon in 1867 and priest in 1868. From 1867 he was his father's curate at Fordington, Dorset, with a stint of five years as Dean of Trinity College chapel, 1873–1877.^[2] In 1880 he became the first principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and then in 1899 became Norrisian Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, until his appointment as Bishop of Durham in September 1901. He was consecrated as a bishop in York Minster on 18 October 1901.^[3]

Moule was active in the Higher Life movement and was one of the speakers at the inaugural Keswick Convention. He is buried in St Cuthbert's Cemetery, Durham.

Moule was an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria from December 1898^[4] until her death in January 1901, then an Honorary Chaplain to Edward VII for a couple of months until he was appointed bishop. In November 1901 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he had been a Professorial Fellow previously,^[5] and in December 1901 he received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) by diploma from the University of Durham.^[6]

Publications by Moule

Moule was a New Testament scholar who wrote over 60 books and pamphlets. He contributed the chapters on Paul's letters to the Romans, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (1891-98) ^[9] and also wrote poems on religious subjects; he won the Seatonian Prize at Cambridge for sacred poetry 1869–1873 and again in 1876. He published at least two volumes of poetry in his lifetime, in addition to the prizewinning pieces.^[10] He wrote a number of hymns, of which "Lord and Savior, True and Kind" is probably the best known.^[11][12]

This is an incomplete list of Handley Moule's published works:

• Christian Self-Denial: A Poem Which Obtained the Seatonian Prize, MDCCCLXIX, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1869
• Poems on Subjects Selected From the Acts of the Apostles, with Other Miscellaneous Pieces, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1869
• The Beloved Disciple: A Poem Which Obtained the Seatonian Prize, MDCCCLXX, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1870
• Tyre: A Poem Which Obtained the Seatonian Prize, MDCCCLXXI, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1871
• The Gospel in Polynesia: A Poem Which Obtained the Seatonian Prize, MDCCCLXXII, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1872
• The Brazen Serpent: A Poem Which Obtained the Seatonian Prize, MDCCCLXXIII, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1873
• The Victory Which Overcometh the World: A Poem Which Obtained the Seatonian Prize, MDCCCLXXVI, Deighton, Bell, & Co., Cambridge, 1876
• Dorchester Poems, W. Poole, London, 1878
• Christianus, A Story of Antioch: And Other Poems, Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1883
• Thoughts on Union with Christ, Seeley & Co., London, 1885
• Thoughts on Christian Sanctity, Seeley & Co., London, 1886
• Thoughts on the Spiritual Life, Seeley & Co., London, 1887
• The Epistle to the Ephesians, with Introduction and Notes, University Press, Cambridge, 1888
• Outlines of Christian Doctrine, Thomas Whittaker, New York, probably 1889
• Veni Creator: Thoughts on the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit of Promise, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1890
• To My Younger Brethren: Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1892
• Charles Simeon, Methuen & Co., London, 1892
• Christ is All: Sermons from New Testament Texts on Various Aspects of the Glory and Work of Christ; With Some Other Sermons, E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1892
• Jesus and the Resurrection. Expository Studies on St. John xx, xxi, London, 1893
• The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1894
• Secret Prayer, Thomas Whittaker, New York, 1895
• Colossian Studies: Lessons in Faith and Holiness from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon, A. C. Armstrong and Son, New York, 1898
• Ephesian Studies: Expository Readings on the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians, A. C. Armstrong and Son, New York, 1900
• Phillipian Studies: Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, A. C. Armstrong, New York, 1900
• The Old Gospel for the New Age, And Other Sermons, Fleming H. Revell Company, Chicago, New York, & Toronto, 1901
• The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, A. C. Armstrong, New York, 1902
• From Sunday to Sunday: Short Bible Readings for the Sundays of the Year, A. C. Armstrong and Son, New York, 1904
• Short Devotional Studies on the Dying Letter of St. Paul, Religious Tract Society, London, 1905
• The School of Suffering: A Brief Memorial of Mary E. E. Moule, By Her Father Handley, Bishop of Durham, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1907
• Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews, Elliot Stock, London, 1909
• Memories of a Vicarage, Religious Tract Society, London, 1913
• Christus Consolator: Words for Hearts in Trouble, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1917
• Letters and poems of Bishop Moule: Selections from the Spiritual Letters and Poems of Handley Carr Glyn Moule, Bishop of Durham (1901–1920), Marshall Bros., 1921

Some of these have been reprinted in recent years; some are available as e-books for the Kindle and other readers.

Taken from Wikipedia.org, article on Moule, all links above go to the Wikipedia article.

theWord modules of works by Moule

• Moule On Pastoral Life and Work
• Moule, H.C.G. – Fulness of the Spirit
• Moule, H.C.G. – Hebrews
• Moule, H.C.G. – Philippians Study
• Moule, H.G.G. – Outline of Christian Doctrine