Title
Abraham Woodhead
Source
William M. Klimon
Publisher
Center for Norbertine Studies
Birth Date
1608
Death Date
1678
Bibliography
Woodhead was an Oxford scholar, Anglican clergyman, and Catholic convert and controversialist. He reports that his conversion was bound up with his reading of the lives of the saints and the works of St. Augustine. It is not surprising, then, that he undertook a new translation of the Confessions, first published in 1660. The edition on display, from two decades later, and also published anonymously, includes the first 10 books of the Confessions and selections from St. Possidius' life of St. Augustine.
It is interesting to note that three of the four earliest English versions of the Confessions, those three done by Catholics, were all done by converts: Matthew, Woodhead, and Challoner (see no. 3 below).
References: Wing, A4207; Clancy, 47; Slusser, (12) 2nd ed.; Gillow, 5:591-93; Bertram.
It is interesting to note that three of the four earliest English versions of the Confessions, those three done by Catholics, were all done by converts: Matthew, Woodhead, and Challoner (see no. 3 below).
References: Wing, A4207; Clancy, 47; Slusser, (12) 2nd ed.; Gillow, 5:591-93; Bertram.