Knots Untied (J. C. Ryle)

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Knots Untied is J. C. Ryle's leading work in defense of the evangelicalism of the Church of England. When first published in 1874 it proved immensely popular, and by 1885 it was reprinted in a tenth edition. Knots Untied is a classic volume in which Ryle covers the then current disputes about various points of religion within the Church of England, advocating and defending the evangelical position at every turn.

Knots Untied is unashamedly written from the 'standpoint of an Evangelical Churchman'. Ryle's presentation of the evangelical position is simply outstanding, 'not because it differs substantially from what other evangelicals might say, but because', according to J. I. Packer, 'he sets it forth so clearly, so brilliantly, and so compellingly – in a word, so very, very well. … In this, as in so much else, his work retains benchmark status; for surely in principle his evangelicalism is neither more nor less than New Testament Christianity.'

'Show us anything plainly written in that Book, and, however trying to flesh and blood, we will receive it, believe it, and submit to it. Show us anything, as religion, which is contrary to that Book, and, however specious , plausible, beautiful, and apparently desirable, we will not have it at any price…Here is rock: all else is sand.' J. C. Ryle on the Bible as the only rule of faith and practice.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Tenth Edition (1885) vii

Preface (1877) ix

1 Evangelical Religion 1

2 Only One Way of Salvation 29

3 Private Judgment 49

4 The Thirty-nine Articles 69

5 Baptism 97

6 Regeneration 123

7 Prayer-book Statements about Regeneration 145

8 The Lord’s Supper 183

9 The Real Presence 213

10 The Church 239

11 The Priest 271

12 Confession 291

13 Worship 309

14 The Sabbath 333

15 Pharisees and Sadducees 363

16 Divers and Strange Doctrines 387

17 The Fallibility of Ministers 405

18 Apostolic Fears 431

19 Idolatry 449

Product Details

Title: Knots Untied  

Author: J. C. Ryle

Publisher: Banner of Truth

Pages: 488

Binding: Cloth-bound

Size: 22.2 x 14.2 x 3.1 cm

ISBN: 9781848716827