AUTHORS & HISTORY

People Behind the Library

Knowing who wrote a commentary matters. Date, church tradition, controversies and purpose all shape interpretation.

Adam Clarke

c. 1762–1832

Methodist minister and scholar

Brother Lawrence

c. 1614–1691

Catholic Carmelite lay brother

C. I. Scofield

1843–1921

American evangelical / dispensational

John Bunyan

1628–1688

English Baptist / Nonconformist preacher

John Calvin

1509–1564

Reformed theologian and pastor

John Owen

1616–1683

English Puritan / Congregational theologian

John Wesley

1703–1791

Anglican priest; founder of Methodism

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

English Nonconformist minister

Thomas Aquinas

1225–1274

Catholic Dominican theologian

Charles H. Spurgeon

1834–1892

Baptist preacher and author