Palmer, William
Palmer, William
Ecclesiastical writer, and prominent figure in the Oxford Movement; born Mixbury, England, 1811; died Rome, Italy, 1879. Educated at Rugby and Oxford he spent the early part of his life in fruitless endeavors to have the Anglican Church recognized as a branch of the Catholic Church, and finally became a Catholic, 1855. His early writings deal mainly with the problem of intercommunion; as a Catholic he wrote a treatise on early Christian symbolism and a commentary on the Book of Daniel.
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Palmer, William
Born at Mixbury, Oxfordshire, 12 July, 1811; died at Rome, 4 April, 1879; the elder brother of Roundell Palmer, afterwards Lord Chancellor of England and first Earl of Selborne. He himself was educated at Rugby and Oxford (Magdalen College), where he proceeded M A. in 1833, being then in deacon’s orders of the Church of England. He was, successively, tutor at Durham University (1834-37), classical examiner at Oxford 1837-39, and tutor at Magdalen College (1838-43). In 1840 he visited Russia to obtain, if possible, official recognition of the Anglican Church as a branch of the Catholic Church; but after a year’s fruitless labour his claim to communion was rejected by the Metropolitan of Moscow. A second attempt in 1842 only resulted in the express rejection by the Russian Church of Anglican claims to Catholicism. After the Gorham Judgment in 1852 he contemplated joining the Russian Church, but was deterred by the necessity for rebaptism. He spent some time in Egypt and then went to Rome, where he was received into the Church, 28 Feb., 1855, and where he spent the rest of his life. His works, which show a wide acquaintance with both Anglican and Eastern theology, were mainly concerned with his efforts to obtain intercommunion between these bodies. Chief among these were: “Harmony of Anglican Doctrine with the Doctrine of the Eastern Church” (Aberdeen, 1846; Greek version, Athens, 1851); “An appeal to the Scottish Bishops and Clergy” (Edinburgh, 1849); and “Dissertations on subjects relating to the Orthodox or Eastern Catholic Communion” (London, 1853). After he became a Catholic he devoted himself to archæology and wrote: “An Introduction to Early Christian Symbolism” (London, 1859); and “Egyptian Chronicles, with a harmony of sacred and Egyptian Chronology” (London, 1861). He also wrote a Latin commentary on the Book of Daniel (Rome, 1874), and a number of minor works. After his death his friend Cardinal Newman edited his “Notes of a Visit to the Russian Church” (London, 1882).
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EDWIN BURTON. Transcribed by Douglas J. Potter Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Palmer, William
an English theologian of our times, was educated at Oxford University, and became fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. After taking holy orders, he was made prebendary of Sarum, then rural dean, and finally vicar of Whitchurch, at Dorset. He is especially noted as a student of liturgy (q.v.). His masterly work on this branch of ecclesiastical research is entitled Origines Liturgicoe, or Antiquities of the English Ritual, and a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies (3d ed. Oxf. 1839, 2 vols. 8vo). A fourth edition (1845) contains a notice of those rites of the English Church which are not comprised in the Book of Common Prayer, also of the origin and history of the canonical hours of prayer. The additions were published separately. Palmer also published, The Apostolical Jurisdiction and Succession of the Episcopacy in the British Churches Vindicated against the Objections of Dr. Wiseman in the Dublin Review (Lond. 1840): A Treatise on the Church of Christ; designed chiefly for the Use of Students in Theology (3d ed. rev. and enl. ibid. 1842, 8vo): A Conmpendious Ecclesiastical History fiom the Earliest Period to the Present Time (new ed. enl. ibid. 1841, sm. 8vo): Letters to N. Wiseman, D.D., osn the Errors of Romanism, in respect to the Worship of Saints, Satisfactions, Purgatory, Indulgences, and the Worship of Images and Relics; to which is added an Examination of Mr. Sibthorp’s Reasons for his Secession from the Church (Oxf. 1842; 3d ed. Lond. 1851, 8vo. In this edition some discussions of minor importance have been omitted, and an introductory letter has been added on the titular hierarchy): A Narrative of Events connected with the Publication of the Tracts of the Times, with Reflections on existing Tendencies: to Romanism, and on the Present Duties and Prospects of Members of the Church (2d ed. Oxf. 1843) (comp. a review [Recent Developments of Puseyism, by H. Rogers] in Edinb. Rev. 80, 309): The Doctrine of Development and Conscience considered in Relation to the Evidences of Christianity and of the Catholic System (Lond. 1846, 8vo) (see review [On the Study ofthe Christians Evidences] in Edinb. Rev. 86, 3,97): -Sermon on 1Jn 5:4, The Victory of Faith [Church Societies]; with an Appendix (ibid. 1850, 8vo): A Statement of Circumstances connected with the Proposal of Resolutions at Special General Meeting of the Bristol Church Union, Oct. 1, 1850 (ibid. 1850). See Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. vol. 2, s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, vol. 2, s.v.