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John C. (John Cale) Miller
1814–1880
A leading evangelical clergyman in Victorian England, he became widely known for forceful sermons and a strong public voice in the religious debates of his day. His writing brings together pastoral concern, Protestant conviction, and the energy of a preacher addressing a fast-changing society.
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Bible-Burning the substance of a sermon preached in St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, on Sunday evening, Dec. 10, 1848
by John C. (John Cale) Miller
About the author
Born in Margate on October 11, 1814, he studied at Oxford and went on to build a prominent career in the Church of England. He served in several parishes before becoming rector of St. Martin's, Birmingham, where he emerged as one of the best-known evangelical churchmen of the mid-19th century.
His reputation grew through preaching and religious controversy. He was especially noted for the sermon Subjection; no, not for an hour, published during the heated debates around Tractarianism, and he also published volumes of sermons and lectures. Contemporary accounts describe him as a gifted, energetic parish priest whose influence in Birmingham was considerable.
Later in life he returned to Kent, serving at St. Martin's, Canterbury. He died in 1880. Though not as widely remembered now as some of his contemporaries, his work offers a vivid window into Victorian religious life and the passionate public arguments that shaped it.