Books by Philip Carrington

The object of this book is to provide a running commentary on the Book of Revelation, elucidating its meaning. Other introductory and technical considerations are subordinated to this main quest. Though a scholarly work, it is written in a manner free from technicalities so as to make it useful to the general reader. It was written with the hope that a simple treatise on Revelation's meaning would help clergy and others who often have to deal with people who take it in a false and literal sense. When the Revelation was originally written it was naturally accepted as an account of current events and of events ""shortly to come to pass""; that is how it describes itself (Rev 1:1, 3; 22:6, 10), and that is how it was naturally taken. Unfortunately, the key to its meaning was soon lost, and its mystical symbolism was taken as literal description. When it reflects events of history, it is current events that it reflects. The Revelation represents great principles working themselves out in actual history. The book is a literary unity stamped throughout by the mark of a great genius. It is one of the loftiest mystical poems the world has produced. Revelation insists that certain events of worldwide importance are coming immediately, following the same general lines as Christ's Olivet Discourse, which spoke to events of which the Lord himself declared: ""Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place"" (Matt 24:34).

Originally published in 1952, this book presents a study of the creation of the Gospel of Mark and the early Christian calendar. The text was written by Philip Carrington, a prominent Anglican figure who was Bishop of Quebec from 1935 to 1960. Illustrative figures and an index of passages from Mark are included.

Philip Carrington (1892-1975) was an Anglican priest and writer who was the seventh Bishop of Quebec. In this book, which was first published in 1940, Carrington presents a series of studies regarding early Christianity and the epistles. Textual notes are incorporated throughout and appendices are also included.

Based on the study of the Gospel of St Mark as a significant piece of early Christian literature, this 1960 commentary attempts to follow the story and message of the Gospel in all its aspects, connecting it with the Judaism and with the living tradition of the apostolic Church.

This is a 1957 account of the rise and development of the Christian Church during the first two centuries after the Crucifixion. This volume focuses on the birth of Christianity to the end of the first century. There are over 100 photographs and chronological tables, and reading lists.