BINGHAM, JOSEPH. - Anglican theologian, b. in Sept. 1668 at Wakefield (Yorkshire), d. 17 Aug. 1723. Doctor at the University of Oxford, then curate at Headbourn-Worthy, then at Havant near Portsmouth. His principal work is Origines ecclesiasticae or the Antiquities of the Christian Church (10 vols., London 1708-22; new editions appeared in 1838-40 and in 1855). A Latin translation was promptly prepared by J. H. Grischow at Halle in 1724-29, which is even more cited than the original, and it subsequently had two other editions. The work constitutes the first attempt at a synthetic vision of the vast field of Christian antiquities, embracing the hierarchy, ecclesiology, territorial organization, the rites, the discipline and the calendar of the early Church. The exceedingly abundant material, the perspicacious clarity and the objective exposition still command respect today. Nevertheless, because of the Anglican spirit that informs it, it was placed on the Index in 1733.
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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 1644–1645.
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Benedetto Gioia. “Bingham, joseph.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 1644–1645. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bingham-joseph.
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Benedetto Gioia. “Bingham, joseph.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1644–1645. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bingham-joseph.
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author = {Benedetto Gioia},
title = {Bingham, joseph},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {1644--1645},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bingham-joseph}
}
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