Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2014-10-21

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Australian theologian and author Peter Adam will present the 2014 Reformation Heritage Lectures sponsored by 色虎视频鈥檚 Beeson Divinity School Oct. 28-30.听 The public is invited free of charge.Peter Adam

Adam, vicar emeritus of St. Jude鈥檚 Anglican Church in Melbourne, Australia, and canon of St. Paul鈥檚 Cathedral, will speak on the theme, 鈥淭homas Cranmer and the Holy Scriptures.鈥

His presentations are at 11 a.m. each day in Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel. The topics are: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 鈥淧reaching the Holy Scriptures,鈥 Wednesday, Oct. 29, 鈥淩eading the Holy Scriptures,鈥 and Thursday, Oct. 30, 鈥淧raying the Holy Scriptures.鈥

Prior to his present posts, Adam was principal of Ridley Melbourne, a Christian theological college, from 2002 to 2012, and vicar of St. Jude鈥檚 from 1982 to 2002. He continues a ministry of preaching, writing and encouraging people in ministry.

Adam鈥檚 publications include Ezra-Nehemiah: Walking in God鈥檚 Words, The Message of Malachi, The Majestic Son: A Commentary on Hebrews (Revised Edition),听Written for Us: Receiving God鈥檚 Words in the Bible, Hearing God鈥檚 Words: Exploring Biblical Spirituality听and Speaking God鈥檚 Words: A Practical Theology of Preaching.

He holds a master鈥檚 degree in theology from King鈥檚 College London and a Ph.D. from Durham University.

听sponsors the Reformation Heritage Lectures each year during Reformation Week. The Protestant Reformation of the 16th听century was a tremendous movement of spiritual and ecclesial renewal, which called the church back to its biblical and evangelical roots.

Thomas Cranmer was a 16th-century leader of the English Reformation and archbishop of Canterbury who was responsible for creating the Book of Common Prayer. When the Roman Catholic Queen Mary I ascended to the throne, Cranmer was accused of promoting Protestantism and tried for treason.听 He died a martyr for the principles of the English Reformation and is one of 16 heroes of the Christian faith who are depicted in paintings in the dome of Beeson鈥檚 Hodges Chapel.

For information contact James Pounds at jcpounds@samford.edu听or (205) 726-2338.

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