The Gospel According to St. John (Church Commentary of the New Testament)

M.F. Sadler was an Anglican priest. He served as rector of Honiton England and wrote several other commentaries including volumes on each of the four Gospels. SADLER MICHAEL FERREBEE (1819-1895) theologian eldest son of Michael Thomas Sadler [q. v.] was born at Leeds in 1819. Educated at Sherborne school he entered St. Johns College Cambridge after a short interval of business life. He was elected Tyrwhitts Hebrew scholar in 1846 and graduated B.A. 1847. He was vicar of Bridgwater from 1857 to 1864 (during which time he was appointed to the prebend of Combe 13th in Wells Cathedral) and of St. Pauls Bedford from 1864 to 1869; he was rector of Honiton from 1869 till his death. In 1869 he received an offer of the bishopric of Montreal carrying with it the dignity of metropolitan of Canada but refused it on medical advice. He was a voluminous writer on theological subjects and a strong high churchman. His works which had a large circulation did much to popularise the tractarian doctrines.