Westminster Abbey

While most people in Westminster seemed to be busy with the Mandela statue this Wednesday the group of John Owen students under Chad Van Dixhoorn's tutelage for the week headed to the Jerusalem Chamber (main scene not only of the Assemly but also earlier used by committees translating the AV) and other parts of Westminster Abbey where we were treated to a description of the Assembly and began to get some insight into how the whole thing worked. Lecturing continued later over coffee in the sunshine of St James's Park. What a good day. How good it will be when the minutes that have survived are finally out in the public domain.

John Owen Centre Lectures

Someone out there may be interested to know that on August 27–31 there will be a series of lectures at the John Owen Centre in Finchley on The History and Theology of the Westminster Assembly. The course will provide an overview of the Assembly's work and an examination of some of the Assembly's major debates in systematic and practical theology. The lecturer will be the man who must be the leading expert on the subject today Chad Van Dixhoorn BA MDiv ThM PhD (Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary, California; BA in philosophy University of Western Ontario; MDiv and ThM Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD University of Cambridge.) The course will meet daily from 9:15 am to 3:30 pm with lunch provided. It is in conjunction with the MTh course they run.

The only snag is that it will cost you an arm and a leg. At least think about it. More here.