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The Rev Dr Mark Earngey

Head of Church History.
Church History and Christian Doctrine.

Qualifications: BSc (UNSW), BD (Moore), MPhil, DPhil (Oxon)

Mark is married to Tanya, and they have four children: Grace, Simeon, Sophia and Zoe. We enjoy off-grid camping, swimming at the beach, and visiting our family in the country. When Tanya and Mark have a spare moment we like to compete over scrabble or relax over movies. They are part of St. Paul’s Anglican church in Canterbury. Mark serves as the Chairman of the Australian Church Record.

Research interests: include ecclesiastical history, historical theology, and systematic theology, with special focus on the European Reformations. Subjects of particular interest include the English Reformation, and especially the history, theology, manuscripts, and marginalia of the period.

Books
Chapters in books
Journal articles

Bishop John Ponet (1516-1556): Scholar, Bishop, Insurgent (Leiden: Brill, 2025).

Reforma Protestanta si inchinarea bisericii. Romanian Translation of Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present, eds. Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey (Oredea: Psalmii Cantatii, 2024).

Nicholas Ridley: Upholder of Truth (Sydney: Australian Church Record, 2023).

Reformation Anglicanism: Essays on Edwardian Evangelicalism (London: Latimer Trust, 2023).

종교개혁자들의 예배 예전: 현재를 위한 과거로부터의 예전 Korean Translation of Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present, eds. Jonathan Gibson & Mark Earngey (CLC: Korea, 2023).

Hugh Latimer: Gospel Ploughman (Sydney: Australian Church Record, 2022).

Lady Jane Grey: A Firm Faith (Sydney: Australian Church Record, 2020).

Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present, eds. Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2018).

“Archbishop Howard Mowll and the Church of England in South Africa” in Howard and Dorothy Mowll: Global Anglican Pioneers, ed. Erin Mollenhauer (London: Latimer Trust, 2023).

“Be Governed by Goodness” in Gathering our Prayers Together: 60 Reflections on the Anglican Collects, ed. Lee Gatiss (London: Church Society, 2023).

80 Reformation-related entries (e.g. Henry VIII, John Jewel, Nicolaus Amsdorf) in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 4th edition, ed. Andrew Louth (Oxford: OUP, 2022).

“Article XXI: Of the Authority of General Councils,” pages 146–152, in Foundations of Faith: Reflections on the Thirty-Nine Articles, ed. Lee Gatiss (Watford, UK: Church Society/Lost Coin Books, 2018).

“Soli Deo Gloria: the Reformation of Worship,” pages 23–46, in Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present, eds. Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2018).

“Worshiping in the Tradition: Principles from the Past for the Present,” with Jonathan Gibson, pages 47–74, in Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the Past for the Present, eds. Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2018).

“Plagues and Protestants”. Churchman 134/2 (2020): 107–123.

“A Fresh Look at Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.” British Catholic History 1/34 (2018): 327–331.