Gilbert Thomas Sadler (27 September 1871 - 17 July 1939), best known as Gilbert T. Sadler, was a British Congregational minister and writer.

Biography

Sadler was born in China, he was the son of English missionary Rev. G. Sadler, of Amoy.[1][2] He was educated at Mansfield College, Oxford.[1] Sadler obtained an M.A. in theology from University of Oxford and a B.A. and LL.B. from London University.[2] He was assistant minister to Rev. John Daniel Jones in Lincoln, 1895.[1] He was pastor of Chester Street Congregational Church, Wrexham (1897-1904) .[2]

His book The Relation of Custom to Law (1919) was reviewed in several law journals.[3][4][5]

Christ myth theory

Sadler was an advocate of the Christ myth theory.[6][7] New Testament scholar Craig A. Evans has noted that Sadler's ideas resemble those of William Benjamin Smith.[8]

Publications

  • The Inadequacy of the World's Religions (1871)
  • The Inner Meaning of the Four Gospels (1871)
  • What Can We Believe? (1905)
  • Short Introduction to the Bible (1911)
  • Has Jesus Christ Lived on Earth? (1914)
  • The Origin and Meaning of Christianity (1916)
  • Reason - Love - Vision (1919)
  • The Gnostic Story of Jesus Christ (1919)
  • The Relation of Custom to Law (1919)
  • Behind the New Testament (1921)
  • Our Enemy, the State (1922)
  • The Roman Praetors (1922)
  • The Choice Before the World Today (1923)
  • The Fellowship Of Humanity By Reason, Love And Freedom (1923)
  • The Husk And The Kernel Of The Pauline Gospel (1923)
  • The Law Or the Spirit (1924)
  • World-History in a Nutshell (1924)
  • A New World by a New Vision (1925)
  • What Is Wrong With The Churches? (1929)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cleal, Edward E. (1908). The Story of Congregationalism in Surrey. London: James Clarke & Co. pp. 327-328
  2. 1 2 3 Guppy, Henry. (1970). Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 52. Manchester University Press. p. 5
  3. ↑ Hart, James. (1920). Reviewed Work: The Relation of Custom to Law by Gilbert T. Sadler. Virginia Law Review 7 (3): 241-244.
  4. ↑ Husik, Isaac. (1920). Reviewed Work: The Relation of Custom to Law by Gilbert T. Sadler. University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register 68 (3): 304-305.
  5. ↑ Llewellyn, Karl. (1920). Reviewed Work: The Relation of Custom to Law by Gilbert T. Sadler. Yale Law Journal 29 (3): 368.
  6. ↑ A. F. (1917). Reviewed Work: The Origin and Meaning of Christianity by Gilbert T. Sadler. International Journal of Ethics 28 (1): 131-132.
  7. ↑ "The Denial of the Historicity of Jesus in Past and Present". Arthur Drews (1865-1935).
  8. ↑ Evans, Craig A. (2004). The Historical Jesus. Volume 1. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 0-415-32751-2
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