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John C. (John Cale) Miller
1814–1880
A prominent Victorian clergyman and religious writer, he became known for forceful sermons and public debates during a turbulent period in the Church of England. His books and pamphlets reflect the energy of mid-19th-century religious life in Birmingham and beyond.
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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 at Margate, Kent, on October 11, 1814, John Cale Miller was educated at Brompton Grammar School and at Oxford, where he studied at St John's College and then Lincoln College, graduating in the 1830s. He was ordained soon after and began a church career that combined preaching, parish work, and a steady stream of published religious writing.
Miller served in several important posts, including vicar of St Alfege's, Greenwich, and later rector of St Martin's, Birmingham, where he became a well-known figure in Victorian church life. Contemporary records describe him as an energetic evangelical churchman, active in public controversy as well as pastoral work.
He also wrote sermons, letters, and religious tracts, including works such as Subjection: no, not for an hour and Bible-Burning. Those publications show the sharp religious arguments of his era, but they also make him an interesting voice for listeners curious about the lived world of 19th-century Protestant debate. He died in 1880.