Gilbert Thomas Sadler (27 September 1871 - 17 July 1939), best known as Gilbert T. Sadler, was a British Congregational minister and writer.

Biography

Sadler was born in China, he was the son of English missionary Rev. G. Sadler, of Amoy.^[1][2] He was educated at Mansfield College, Oxford.^[1] Sadler obtained an M.A. in theology from University of Oxford and a B.A. and LL.B. from London University.^[2] He was assistant minister to Rev. John Daniel Jones in Lincoln, 1895.^[1] He was pastor of Chester Street Congregational Church, Wrexham (1897-1904) .^[2]

His book The Relation of Custom to Law (1919) was reviewed in several law journals.^[3][4][5]

Christ myth theory

Sadler was an advocate of the Christ myth theory.^[6][7] New Testament scholar Craig A. Evans has noted that Sadler's ideas resemble those of William Benjamin Smith.^[8]

Publications

• The Inadequacy of the World's Religions (1871)
• The Inner Meaning of the Four Gospels (1871)
• What Can We Believe? (1905)
• Short Introduction to the Bible (1911)
• Has Jesus Christ Lived on Earth? (1914)
• The Origin and Meaning of Christianity (1916)
• Reason - Love - Vision (1919)
• The Gnostic Story of Jesus Christ (1919)
• The Relation of Custom to Law (1919)
• Behind the New Testament (1921)
• Our Enemy, the State (1922)
• The Roman Praetors (1922)
• The Choice Before the World Today (1923)
• The Fellowship Of Humanity By Reason, Love And Freedom (1923)
• The Husk And The Kernel Of The Pauline Gospel (1923)
• The Law Or the Spirit (1924)
• World-History in a Nutshell (1924)
• A New World by a New Vision (1925)
• What Is Wrong With The Churches? (1929)

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