Heard, John Bickford

Church of England; b. in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 26, 1828; entered Caius College, Cambridge, obtained a scholarship, wrote the Hulsean theological prize e ay, took the Whewell prize in moral philosophy, and graduated B.A. (first cla in moral science tripos) 1853, M.A. 1862. He was ordained deacon and priest, 1852; vicar of Bilton, Harrogate, 1864-68; editor Religious Tract Society, 1866-73; curate of St. Andrew's, Westminster, London, 1878-80; and since 1880 has been vicar of St. John's, Caterham, Surrey. His standpoint is that of Tholuck and the German " Vermittelung " school. He holds firmly the historical faith as summed up in the Apostles' Creed, but cla es inspiration, as he does that of church authority, among the in qui rend a rather than credenda. His principal aim as a writer has been to trace the lines of a Christian psychology which should form a support and not a conflict with theology as at present. The reigning Cartes i an ism of body and soul seems to him to be a defective draught of human nature; and the error being a root one has affected the whole of theology, at least of the Western Church and since Augustine. To this extent he describes himself as anti-August in us, not as opposing Augustine's doctrines of grace, but as showing that Paul in ism is a much deeper, truer, and broader draught of the purposes of God than the theology of the fifth century. He is the author of The Pastor and Parish (a £100 prize e ay on pastoral theology), London, 1865; The Tripartite Nature of Man, Edinburgh, 1870, 5th ed. 1883; Old and New Theology: a Constructive Critique, 1885.