William Josiah Irons compiled a series of lectures that were delivered in Advent last, at Saint Mary's, Newington with the title On the Apostolical Succession with the goal to assist everyone seeking clarity in their thoughts and wanting to know about the root, spirit, and strength of the Christian Ministry, priest and theological writer He focused on choosing simplicity and righteousness throughout the work. Irons completed the work under the guidance of Edward Bouverie Pusey, an English Anglican cleric, Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford, and one of the leading figures...

This work consists of a letter to the Lord Bishop of London by William Josiah Irons on professor Stanley's views of Clerical and University Subscription. William Josiah Irons (1812-1883) was a priest in the Church of England and a theological writer. Irons's chief work is the Analysis of Human Responsibility, 1869, written at the request of the founders of the Victoria Institute. Iron starts the letter to the Lord Bishop with, "If twenty years ago, soon after a few of the clergy had asserted their "claim to hold all Roman doctrine," a proposal had been made to abolish Subscription to the...