John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained priest in 1842, eventually being consecrated Anglican bishop of Liverpool in 1880, which office he held till shortly before his death. 'A strong Evangelical in his beliefs, he defended his convictions in forceful and simple language in a number of tracts which had a wide circulation'.
(The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church) Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels offer a valuable Evangelical commentary on every verse of the four Gospels, bringing to the reader his careful research into more than forty different commentaries. His book Practical Religion is here presented in an up-dated form for people of today.
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