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John Ernest Grabe (
July 10,
1666 -
November 3,
1711),
Anglican divine, was born at
Königsberg, where his father, Martin Sylvester Grabe, was professor of
theology and
history.
In his theological studies Grabe succeeded in persuading himself of the
schismatical character of the Reformation, and accordingly he presented to the consistory of Samland in
Prussia a memorial in which he compared the position of the evangelical
Protestant churches with that of the Novatians and other ancient schismatics. He had resolved to join the
Church of Rome when a commission of
Lutheran divines pointed out flaws in his written argument and called his attention to the English Church as apparently possessing that apostolic succession and manifesting that fidelity to ancient institutions which he desired.
He came to England, settled in Oxford, was ordained in
1700, and became chaplain of
Christ Church. His inclination was towards the party of the nonjurors. The learned labors to which the remainder of his life was devoted were rewarded with an Oxford degree and a royal pension. He died on the 3rd of November 1711, and in 1726 a monument was erected to him by
Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford, in
Westminster Abbey. He was buried in St Pancras Church, London.
Some account of Grabe's life is given in Robert Nelson's
Life of George Bull, and by
George Hickes in a discourse prefixed to the pamphlet against
William Whiston's
Collection of Testimonies against the True Deity of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Works
His works, which show him to have been learned and laborious but somewhat deficient in critical acumen, include a
Spicilegium SS. Patrum et haereticorum (1698-1699), which was designed to cover the first three centuries of the Christian church, but wasn't continued beyond the close of the second. A second edition of this work was published in 1714.
He brought out editions of:
His edition of the
Septuagint was based on the
Codex Alexandrinus; it appeared in 4 volumes (1707-1720), and was completed by Francis Lee and by
George Wigan.
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