Geoffrey W. Bromiley was a church historian and historical theologian. He was professor emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary

Fuller Theological Seminary

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, having been
Professor of Church History and Historical Theology

Theology

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 there from 1958 until his retirement in 1987."

Bromiley, born in Bromley Cross, Lancashire, England, in 1915, earned his MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 at Cambridge University and his PhD

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, DLitt, and DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 at the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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. Ordained in the Church of England

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, he served from 1951 to 1958 as Rector of St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh

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. In 1958, he accepted the appointment as Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Fuller, where he served until his retirement in 1987."

Writings

• The Baptism of Infants, 1955, 1976 & 1977, Vine Books (Out of print, but now available online through the Church Society
  Church Society
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   website)
• Children of Promise: The Case for Baptizing Infants, 1979, Eerdmans, ISBN 978-0802817976
• God and Marriage, 1980, Eerdmans, ISBN 978-0802818515
• Historical Theology: An Introduction, 2000, T & T Clark, ISBN 978-0567223579
• Introduction to the Theology of Karl Barth, 2000, T & T Clark, ISBN 978-0567290540

Bromiley also co-edited the English translation of Karl Barth

Karl Barth

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's Church Dogmatics

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 series with T. F. Torrance.

Whilst not all his original work, Bromiley is also listed as Author of the Fully Revised Edition of.

• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1979, Eerdmans, ISBN 0-8028-3781-6

External links

• Fuller Mourns the Loss of Geoffrey Bromiley
• Geoffrey Bromiley, Christianity Today
• Geoffrey Bromiley at TheologicalStudies
• The Baptism of Infants at Church Society
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Online writings

• Only God is Free, Christianity Today, Feb 2002