Yngve

Yngve

Yngve is a Scandinavian male given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway. It comes from Yngvi in Scandinavian mythology.The name is most common among Swedish men over the age of 50, and occurs almost exclusively as a middle name among the youngest...

 Brilioth (1891, Västra Ed

Västervik Municipality

Västervik Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik....

 – 1959) was professor for church history, later for Practical theology in Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

, Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

 and Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

, Lutheran Bishop of Växjö from 1938 to 1950 and Archbishop of Uppsala

Archbishop of Uppsala

The Archbishop of Uppsala has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.- Historical overview :...

 from 1950 until 1958. He was the author of a history of the Oxford Movement

Oxford Movement

The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...

, written to coincide with its centenary in 1933. He married the daughter of a predecessor, Nathan Söderblom

Nathan Söderblom

Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize...

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Selected bibliography

• The Anglican Revival: Studies in the Oxford Movement. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925.
• Eucharistic Faith and Practise. Evangelical and Catholic. London 1930.
• Evangelicalism and the Oxford Movement. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1934.
• A brief history of preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1965.
• Landmarks in the history of preaching. London: S.P.C.K., 1950.

• Sven-Erik Brodd: The Church as Sacrament in the Writings of Yngve Brilioth. In: International journal for the Study of the Christian Church 9, 2009, S. 118-137