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Abbott – New Testament Commentary

Explanatory Notes on the New Testament

Lyman Abbot born 1835 died 1922 wikipedia.org

The notes appended to the sacred text in this edition of the New Testament, cannot, perhaps, claim a higher rank than that of notes on the English version; for although the editors have endeavored to ascertain the true meaning of the sacred record, by a careful study of the original, with a diligent use of the best aids furnished by the researches of modern scholars, both European and American, still the meaning when ascertained, is connected, in the notes, with the language of the common English version, as the design has been to prepare a convenient manual for the use of common Christians in the ordinary walks of life.

The notes themselves, as their designation in the title-page imports, are intended to explain the text in the most concise and simple manner. The work is not meant to supersede the use of the excellent commentaries, more full and extended, which are now in circulation among the readers of the English version of the Scriptures, but to provide one in addition to them, which, being more condensed in its form, is adapted to purposes for which the others were not designed.

In the execution of the work, the editors have endeavored–though they are aware that it is an attempt not always successful, even when honestly made–to divest themselves of theological theories, and to develop fully and freely the import of each portion of the divine word in its order, whatever may be its bearing upon religious systems, or upon the various controversies of the day.

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John and Jacob Abbott were prolific authors of the 19th century. In 1878, they published an illustrated New Testament along with commentary including 50 or so illustrations. It was also later known as The Pictorial New Testament.

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    a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government. Each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

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    Congregationalism is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity that enjoins a church polity in which congregations are self-governing (cf. congregational polity).[2] Through the years, Congregationalists have adopted various confessional statements, including the Savoy Declaration, the Cambridge Platform and the Kansas City Statement of Faith.[8]

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    Acts, 1878, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL16755258W, 1 editions
    An Illustrated Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles

    Gospels, 1878, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL16755253W, 1 editions
    An illustrated commentary on the Gospels according to Mark and Luke

    Gospels, 1878, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL16755254W, 1 editions
    An Illustrated Commentary on the Gospels According to Mark and Luke

    Gospels, 1876, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL16897931W, 1 editions
    A Popular Commentary on the Gospels According to Matthew and Mark

    Gospels, 1876, Lyman Abbott, Internet Archive newtestament00abbo
    The New Testament : with notes and comments … Matthew and Mark

    John, 1879, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL16755252W, 1 editions
    An Illustrated Commentary on the Gospel According to St. John

    Luke, 1878, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL2532208W, 1 editions
    The Gospel According to Luke

    Matthew, 1878, Lyman Abbott, Internet Archive illustratedcomme00abboiala
    An illustrated commentary on… Matthew : for family use

    Matthew, 1875, Lyman Abbott, Internet Archive anillustratedco00abbogoog
    An Illustrated Commentary on … Matthew for Family Use and Reference …

    Old Testament, 1901, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL16230094W, 1 editions
    The life and literature of the ancient Hebrews

    Old Testament, 1901, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL2532254W, 5 editions
    The life and literature of the ancient Hebrews

    Romans, 1888, Lyman Abbott, Open Library OL2532232W, 2 editions
    The epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans

    From Wikipedia.org

    He was pastor of the Congregational Church in Terre Haute, Indiana, from 1860 to 1865 and of the New England Church in New York City in 1865–1869.[8] From 1865 to 1868 he was secretary of the American Union Commission (later called the American Freedmen’s and Union Commission).[8] In 1869 he resigned his pastorate to devote himself to literature.

    With Booker Washington and other dignitaries
    Abbott worked variously in the publishing profession as an associate editor of Harper’s Magazine, and was the founder of a publication called the Illustrated Christian Weekly,[9] which he edited for six years. He was also the co-editor of The Christian Union with Henry Ward Beecher from 1876 to 1881. Abbott later succeeded Beecher in 1888 as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. He also wrote the official biography of Beecher and edited his papers.[4]

    From 1881 Abbott was editor-in-chief of The Christian Union, renamed The Outlook in 1891;[8] this periodical reflected his efforts toward social reform, and, in theology, a liberality, humanitarianism and nearly unitarian. The latter characteristics marked his published works also.

    Abbott’s opinions differed from those of Beecher. Abbott was a constant advocate of Industrial Democracy,[10] and was an advocate of Theodore Roosevelt’s progressivism for almost 20 years. He later adopted a pronouncedly liberal theology.

    He was a pronounced Christian Evolutionist.[11] In two of his books, The Evolution of Christianity and The Theology of an Evolutionist (1897), Abbott applied the concept of evolution in a Christian theological perspective. Although he objected to being called an advocate of Darwinism, he was an optimistic advocate of evolution, once saying “what Jesus saw, humanity is becoming.”

    Abbott was a religious figure of some public note and was called upon on October 30, 1897, to deliver an address in New York at the funeral of economist, Henry George.[12] He ultimately resigned his pastorate in November 1898.[9]

    His son, Lawrence Fraser Abbott, accompanied President Roosevelt on a tour of Europe and Africa (1909–10). In 1913 Lyman Abbott was expelled from the American Peace Society because military preparedness was vigorously advocated in The Outlook,[13] which he edited, and because he was a member of the Army and Navy League. During World War I, he supported the government’s war policies.

    He received the degree D.D. from the University of the City of New York in 1879; from Harvard in 1891, from Yale in 1903, and LL.D. from Western Reserve in 1900.[8]

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