"Sea of Wonders Never Sounded": The Trinitarian Spirituality of Ann Griffiths

Ann Griffiths, an 18th-century farm wife and hymn writer, is well-known in her native Wales, though relatively unstudied in English. Even in translation her hymns and letters offer a strikingly beautiful as well as informative window into the Trinitarian spirituality of 18th-century Welsh Methodism....

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Main Author: Smiley, Caroline (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: The Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2019, Volume: 90, Issue: 4, Pages: 357-369
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDG Free church
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Theology
B Spirituality
B Christology
B Trinity
B Religious Poetry
B Welsh Methodism
B Jesus Christ
B Hymnody
B Ann Griffiths
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Summary:Ann Griffiths, an 18th-century farm wife and hymn writer, is well-known in her native Wales, though relatively unstudied in English. Even in translation her hymns and letters offer a strikingly beautiful as well as informative window into the Trinitarian spirituality of 18th-century Welsh Methodism. Historically, her Trinitarianism is notable in that it is largely assumed and primarily based in the economic Trinity, and yet, is nonetheless profound in its orthodoxy given the Trinitarian controversy of the long century prior. More than mere historical curiosity, however, Griffiths's writing is particularly intriguing on two points that can edify the church today. First, she writes with considerable theological depth despite a lack of education, religious or otherwise, and second, her theology is both technically rich as well as profoundly devotional.
ISSN:2772-5472
Contains:Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/27725472-09004006