William Goode (dean)
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William Goode D.D., the younger (1801–1868) was an English churchman, a leader of the evangelicals of the Church of England
, and from 1860 Dean of Ripon.
. He graduated B.A. in 1825, with a first class in classics.
He was ordained deacon and priest in 1825, becoming curate to his father's friend Samuel Crowther, incumbent of Christ Church, Newgate Street. In 1835 he was appointed rector of St Antholin Watling Street, a post which he held till 1849, when the Archbishop of Canterbury
presented him to the rectory of Allhallows the Great, Thames Street. In 1856 the lord chancellor presented him to the rectory of St. Margaret Lothbury, which he held till 1860, when Lord Palmerston advanced him to the deanery of Ripon.
For some years Goode was editor of the Christian Observer
. He was Warburtonian lecturer from 1853 to 1857. He died suddenly on 13 August 1868.
Church of England
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, and from 1860 Dean of Ripon.
Life
The son of the Rev. William Goode, the elder, he was born 10 November 1801, and educated at St Paul's School, London, and Trinity College, CambridgeTrinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He graduated B.A. in 1825, with a first class in classics.
He was ordained deacon and priest in 1825, becoming curate to his father's friend Samuel Crowther, incumbent of Christ Church, Newgate Street. In 1835 he was appointed rector of St Antholin Watling Street, a post which he held till 1849, when the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
presented him to the rectory of Allhallows the Great, Thames Street. In 1856 the lord chancellor presented him to the rectory of St. Margaret Lothbury, which he held till 1860, when Lord Palmerston advanced him to the deanery of Ripon.
For some years Goode was editor of the Christian Observer
Christian Observer
The Christian Observer was an Anglican evangelical periodical, appearing from 1802 to 1874.The Christian Observer was founded by William Hey "in response to the dissenters' Leeds Mercury." It was published by the bookseller John Hatchard. Various members of the Clapham Sect were associated with the...
. He was Warburtonian lecturer from 1853 to 1857. He died suddenly on 13 August 1868.
Works
He was the author of a large number of tracts, pamphlets, letters, and speeches on the church-rate question, the Gorham case, and the Tractarian movement. His works include:- ‘Memoir of the Rev. W. Goode, M.A.,’ 2nd edition, 1828.
- ‘The Modern Claims to the Possession of the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit, stated and examined,’ &c., 2nd edition, 1834.
- ‘A Brief History of Church Rates, proving the Liability of a Parish to them to be a Common-Law Liability,’ &c., 2nd edition, 1838.
- ‘The Divine Rule of Faith and Practice,’ 2 vols. 1842, and again revised and enlarged in 3 vols. 1853. This is an expansion of William ChillingworthWilliam ChillingworthWilliam Chillingworth was a controversial English churchman.-Early life:He was born in Oxford, where his father served as mayor; William Laud was his godfather. In June 1618 he became a scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, of which he was made a fellow in June 1628...
's doctrine that "the Bible alone is the religion of protestants", supported by a collection of church authorities, as an exposition of evangelical theology. - ‘Tract XC. historically refuted; or a Reply to a Work by the Rev. F. Oakeley, entituled “The subject of Tract XC. historically examined,”’ 1845, 2nd edition, 1866.
- ‘The Doctrine of the Church of England as to the effects of Baptism in the case of Infants. With an Appendix containing the Baptismal Services of Luther and the Nuremberg and Cologne Liturgies,’ 1849; 2nd edition, 1850.
- ‘A Vindication of the Doctrine of the Church of England on the Validity of the Orders of the Scotch and Foreign Non-Episcopal Churches,’ in three pamphlets, &c., 1852
- ‘The Nature of Christ's Presence in the Eucharist, or the Doctrine of the Real Presence vindicated in opposition to the fictitious Real Presence asserted by Archdeacon Denison, Mr. (late Archdeacon) Wilberforce, and Dr. Pusey,’ 2 vols., 1856. A supplement to this appeared in 1858.
- ‘Fulfilled Prophecy. A Proof of the Truth of Revealed Religion, being the Warburtonian Lectures for 1854–8,’ 1863.