Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Quotes


Give us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thoroughly depend, who will stand firm when others fail; the friend faithful and true, the adviser honest and fearless, the adversary just and chivalrous,-in such a one there is a fragment of the Rock of Ages.


Citations

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn. Sermons on Special Occasions: Preached in Westminster Abbey. John Murray, 1882.

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
  • Born: December 13, 1815
  • Died: July 18, 1881
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Priest, Historian

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, FRS, known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund.