‘An Iron Pillar:’ The Life and Times of William Romaine
This review of Tim Shenton's biography examines the life and ministry of William Romaine, an influential eighteenth-century evangelical Anglican clergyman known for his scholarly approach and prolific theological writings. The resource traces Romaine's conversion to evangelical convictions, his London-based pastoral labors, his theological works (particularly his Faith trilogy), and his relationships with other evangelical leaders of his era. It provides valuable historical insight into Anglican evangelicalism and the practical outworking of Reformed theology within the Church of England during the 1700s.
Rev. Angus Stewart (Slightly modified from an review first published in the Protestant Reformed Theological Journal) ‘An Iron Pillar:’ The Life and Times of William Romaine Author: Tim Shenton Great Britain: Evangelical Press, 2004 Hardback, 463 pp. ISBN 0 85234 562 3 In this fine biography of William Romaine, Tim Shenton takes us through the life and times of a leading eighteenth-century evangelical in the Church of England. Born in 1714 in Hartlepool (to which town his French grandfather...