 Front page of Y Traethodydd from 1 January 2018 | |
| Type | Quarterly Journal |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Gwasg Pantycelyn |
| Founded | 1 January 1845 |
| Country | Wales |
Y Traethodydd (The Essayist) is a quarterly cultural magazine published in the Welsh language covering historical, literary and theological topics[ citation needed ]. It is the oldest magazine in Wales and the oldest magazine in the Welsh language still in publication. [1]
The journal was originally published in 1845 on behalf of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. It was founded by Roger Edwards and Lewis Edwards and was modelled on the influential Edinburgh Review . [2] Both men were Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preachers, and Lewis Edwards successfully used the publication to disseminate information on the latest trends in theology, science, literature and philosophy. [3] Edwards edited Y Traethodydd for its first ten years, when it was published in Denbigh by Thomas Gee, [4] a fellow Nonconformist Welshman who was notable for printing Welsh magazines and journals.
Today the magazine claims to "offer discussions on a vast range of topics relating to 'culture', in the widest sense" [5] and is published four times per year.
Howell Harris was a Calvinistic Methodist evangelist. He was one of the main leaders of the Welsh Methodist revival in the 18th century, along with Daniel Rowland and William Williams Pantycelyn.
William Williams, Pantycelyn, also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn, is generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist. He is also rated among the great literary figures of Wales, as a writer of poetry and prose. In religion he was among the leaders of the 18th-century Welsh Methodist revival, along with the evangelists Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland.
Tywyn, formerly spelled Towyn, is a town, community, and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the location of the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross with the earliest known example of written Welsh, and the home of the Talyllyn Railway.
The Presbyterian Church of Wales, also known as the Calvinistic Methodist Church, is a denomination of Protestant Christianity in Wales.
Trefeca, located between Talgarth and Llangorse Lake in what is now south Powys in Wales, was the birthplace and home of the 18th-century Methodist leader Howell Harris (1714–1773),. It was also the site of two Calvinistic Methodist colleges at different times; the first sponsored by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon in the late eighteenth century; the second supported by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connexion in the later nineteenth century.
Daniel Owen was a Welsh novelist. He is generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century and the first significant novelist to write in Welsh.
David Charles Davies was a Welsh Nonconformist minister.
Lewis Edwards was a Welsh educator and Nonconformist minister.
Henry Thomas Edwards was a Welsh preacher.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1892 to Wales and its people.
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Thomas Jones, called "Thomas Jones of Denbigh" to differentiate him from namesakes, was a Welsh Methodist clergyman, writer, editor and poet, active in North Wales.
Y Drysorfa was a Calvinistic Methodist publication produced in Wales and written in the Welsh language. Although published intermittently before 1830, it became a regular publication in 1831, when preacher John Parry became its editor.
Eleazar Roberts, sometimes also spelt Eleazer, was a Welsh musician, translator, writer and amateur astronomer. Roberts's family moved to Liverpool in England while he was an infant, but despite this he retained a strong link to his country of birth and was a fluent Welsh speaker. He wrote for several Welsh journals and travelled Wales, setting up music classes. He is most notable for pioneering the tonic sol-fa method of sight-singing in Wales, which in turn led to the strengthening of the practice of congregational singing.
Roger Edwards D.D. was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, who later became prominent in Wales as a press editor and publisher.
Hugh Williams (1843–1911) was a Welsh church historian and college tutor, known also as a Presbyterian minister.
William Rowlands (1802–1865), known as Gwylym Lleyn, was a Welsh bibliographer and Methodist minister.
Margaret Thomas was a Welsh hymnwriter.
Tom Beynon was a Welsh Presbyterian minister, author and historian.
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