Feast of Richard Chevenix Trench (March 28)

Above:  St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, Between 1890 and 1900

Image Source = Library of Congress

Reproduction Number = LC-DIG-ppmsc-09874

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RICHARD CHEVENIX TRENCH (SEPTEMBER 9, 1807-MARCH 28, 1886)

Anglican Archbishop of Dublin

I, for the sake of brevity, have listed Richard Chevenix Trench simply as the Archbishop of Dublin.  Yet I wrote seven other descriptins in my notes as I prepared this post:

1. Bible Translator;
2. Scholar;
3. Linguist;
4. Theologian;
5. Poet;
6. Historian; and
7. Hymn Writer.

Trench, born in Dublin, Ireland, graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1829.  Among his school friends was Alfred, Lord Tennyson.  Trench, ordained a Deacon in 1832, served as the Curate of Hadleigh (1832-1833) then as the Curate of Suffolk (1833-1835).  Trench’s career as a priest (from 1835) was quite interesting.  He was:

1. Curate of Curdridge, Hampshire (1835-1841);
2. Curate of Alverstoke, Hants (1841-1844);
3. Rector of Itchenstoke (1844-1845);
4. Examining Chaplain to Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford (1845-1846);
5. Professor of Divinity, King’s College, London (1846-1858);
6. Dean of Westminster (1856-1863); and
7. Archbishop of Dublin (1864-1884), succeeding Richard Whately.

During this time Trench’s output was astounding.  A partial list follows:

• The Story of Justin Martyr, and Other Poems (1835);
• Notes on the Parables of Our Lord (1841);
• Poems from Eastern Sources (1842);
• Exposition on the Sermon on the Mount (1844);
• Christ the Desire of All Nations (1846);
• Sacred Latin Poetry (1849);
• The Star of the Wise Men:  Being a Commentary on the Second Chapter of St. Matthew (1850);
• On the Study of Words (1851);
• English, Past and Present (1855);
• Sermons Preached Before the University of Cambridge (1857);
• On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries (1857);
• On the Authorized Version of the New Testament (1858);
• A Select Glossary of English Words (1859);
• Studies in the Gospels (1867);
• A Household Book of English Poetry (1868);
• Plutarch:  His Life, His Lives, and His Morals (1873);
• Lectures on Medieval Church History (1877);
• Poems (1879);
• Synonyms of the New Testament (1880); and
• Sermons Old and New (1886).

Trench also served on the committee that produced the Revised Version of the Bible (1881).  And one of his sonnets became a hymn, “Lord What a Change Within Us One Short Hour.”

Richard Chevenix Trench was a scholar, a cleric, and a man of letters–an impressive saint indeed.

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

AUGUST 23, 2013 COMMON ERA

THE FEAST OF SAINT ROSE OF LIMA, ROMAN CATHOLIC MYSTIC

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O God, you have endowed us with memory, reason, and skill.

We thank you for the faithful legacy of [Richard Chevenix Trench and all others]

who have dedicated their lives to you and to the intellectual pursuits.

May we, like them, respect your gift of intelligence fully and to your glory.

In the Name of God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Psalm 103

Philippians 4:8-9

Mark 12:28-34

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

MARCH 6, 2013 COMMON ERA

THE FEAST OF SAINT CHRODEGANG OF METZ, ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP

THE FEAST OF EDMUND KING, ANGLICAN BISHOP OF LINCOLN

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Revised on December 24, 2016

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