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Victorian Visionaries
George MacDonald's friends worked to reform society, challenge the church, and inspire the imagination.
Stephen Prickett, Edwin Woodruff Tait, J. Philip Newell, and Rachel Johnson | posted 4/01/2005 12:00AM
Frederick Denison Maurice
The Quest for Unity
"'I seldom go to church,' said Falconer; 'but when I do, I come here: and always feel that I am in the presence of one of the holy servants of God's great temple not made with hands. I heartily trust that man. He is what he seems to be.'" This description of the preacher in David Elginbrod is George MacDonald's tribute to his friend and mentor F. D. Maurice, arguably the most important Anglican theologian of the 19th century.
MacDonald was present at Maurice's inaugural address at the Manchester Working Men's College, and one of his first jobs after leaving Arundel was as a lecturer there. Maurice read Phantastes in manuscript and helped MacDonald to find a publisher. In 1865, after their move to London, the MacDonalds started attending St. Peter's church in Vere Street, where Maurice was the rector, and as a result of his influence eventually became members of the Church of England.
Maurice had not been brought up in the Anglican Church. In ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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