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Bishops Past, Present and Future (Gilead Books 2022) is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Anglican study of episcopacy produced in recent times. Drawing on primary sources from the New Testament to the present day, it provides detailed answers to three key questions: 'Why should the Church of England have bishops?' 'What is the proper role of bishops?' and 'How should bishops respond to the challenges facing the Church of England and the Church in the West in general?' Bishops: A Concise Study summarises the key points of the argument of this major study. It is designed to meet the needs of those who would like to know the answers to the three questions about bishops noted above, but who would balk at tackling the 800+ pages of the original book. This concise study is published in the hope that will help many in the Church of England, both ordained and lay to think in a more informed fashion about how bishops should respond to the challenges facing the Church of England at this critical point in its history.

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"""This brilliant little book is the essential conclusions of Martin Davie's larger book 'Bishops, Past Present and Future'. With wide ranging scholarship, it helpfully addresses the important question 'what kind of bishops do we need?' It re-establishes the Reformation case for Anglican polity, and will cause people to think again about their ecclesiology. Most importantly, it is a call for current bishops to behave like the early bishops who were powerful advocates of Apostolic faith and practice. The Church would greatly benefit if every bishop and church leader read this!"" - Wallace Benn, former Bishop of Lewes ""Episcopacy is one of the defining characteristics of the Anglican Communion but despite its importance, there are few studies that explain all the ramifications of the office of a bishop as Anglicans have received it and as they put it into practice. In this study, Martin Davie provides us with a comprehensive but accessible guide to the subject, making it clear why it matters and offering suggestions for dealing with the issues it raises for us at the present time."" - Gerald Bray, Research Professor Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama ""This study is a useful primer which all involved in Anglican governance will appreciate. The history is useful and the lessons to be learnt still relevant."" - David Peet, UK"

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Dr Martin Davie is a lay Anglican theologian who was for thirteen years theological consultant to the Church of England's House of Bishops and theological secretary to its Council for Christian Unity. He is currently theological consultant to the Church of England Evangelical Council, a fellow of the Latimer Trust and the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life, and Assistant Lecturer in Christian Doctrine at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

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