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George Bull

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George Bull (25 March 1634 – 17 February 1710) was an English theologian and Bishop of St David's. [1]

53 relations: Abbey House, Cirencester, Archdeacon of Llandaff, Avening, Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop of Oxford, Bishop of St David's, Blundell's School, Brecknockshire, Bristol, Charles II of England, Church Fathers, Daniel Zwicker, Denis Pétau, Earl of Clarendon, Edward Burton (theologian), Engagement controversy, Epistle of James, Exeter College, Oxford, First Council of Nicaea, George Morley, Glorious Revolution, Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Henry Hammond, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Jeremy Taylor, John Ernest Grabe, John Fell (bishop), John Tombes, North Cadbury, Philip Bisse, Prebendary, Richard Hooker, Robert Nelson (nonjuror), Robert Sanderson (theologian), Robert Skinner (bishop), Siddington, Gloucestershire, Simon Episcopius, Society for the Reformation of Manners, Socinianism, Somerset, Thomas Barlow (bishop), Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Gataker, Thomas Truman, Thomas Tully, Thomas Watson (bishop of St David's), Tiverton, Devon, Trinity, Ubley, Wells, Somerset, ..., William Jane, William Nicholson (bishop of Gloucester), William Sancroft. Expand index (3 more) »

Abbey House, Cirencester

Abbey House, Cirencester was a country house in the English county of Gloucestershire that developed on the site of the former Cirencester Abbey following the dissolution and demolition of the abbey at the Reformation in the 1530s.

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Archdeacon of Llandaff

The Archdeacon of Llandaff is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.

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Avening

Avening is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about three miles north of Tetbury.

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Bishop of Gloucester

The Bishop of Gloucester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Oxford

The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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Bishop of St David's

The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.

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Blundell's School

Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England.

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Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire (Sir Frycheiniog), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Church Fathers

The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church are ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers.

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Daniel Zwicker

Daniel Zwicker (22 January 1612 – 10 November 1678) was a German physician from Danzig, and a Socinian theologian and controversialist of the Polish Brethren.

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Denis Pétau

Denis Pétau (August 21, 1583December 11, 1652), also known as Dionysius Petavius, was a French Jesuit theologian.

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Earl of Clarendon

Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776.

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Edward Burton (theologian)

Edward Burton (13 February 1794 – 19 January 1836) was an English theologian, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford.

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Engagement controversy

The Engagement Controversy was a debate in England from 1649-1652 regarding loyalty to the new regime after Pride's Purge and the execution of Charles I. During this period hundreds of pamphlets were published in England supporting 'engagement' to the new regime or denying the right of English citizens to shift their allegiance from the deposed king to Oliver Cromwell and his associates.

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Epistle of James

The Epistle of James (Iakōbos), the Book of James, or simply James, is one of the 21 epistles (didactic letters) in the New Testament.

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Exeter College, Oxford

Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University.

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First Council of Nicaea

The First Council of Nicaea (Νίκαια) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Bursa province, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325.

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George Morley

George Morley (27 February 1598 – 29 October 1684) was an English Anglican bishop, Bishop of Worcester and then of Winchester.

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Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law.

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Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, PC (23 December 1621 – 18 December 1682), Lord Chancellor of England, was descended from the old family of Finch, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder of London, by his first wife Frances Bell, daughter of Sir Edmond Bell of Beaupre Hall, Norfolk.

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Henry Hammond

Henry Hammond (18 August 1605 – 25 April 1660) was an English churchman, who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses.

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Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.

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John Ernest Grabe

John Ernest Grabe (July 10, 1666 – November 3, 1711), Anglican divine, was born at Königsberg, where his father, Martin Sylvester Grabe, was professor of theology and history.

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John Fell (bishop)

John Fell (23 June 1625 – 10 July 1686) was an English churchman and influential academic.

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John Tombes

John Tombes (c.1603? – 22 May, 1676) was an English clergyman of Presbyterian and Baptist views.

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North Cadbury

North Cadbury is a village and civil parish west of Wincanton, by the River Cam, in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.

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Philip Bisse

Philip Bisse (1667 – 6 September 1721) was an English bishop.

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Prebendary

tags--> A prebendary is a senior member of clergy, normally supported by the revenues from an estate or parish.

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Richard Hooker

Richard Hooker (March 25, 1554 – 3 November 1600) was an English priest in the Church of England and an influential theologian.

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Robert Nelson (nonjuror)

Robert Nelson (22 June 1656 – 16 January 1715) was an English lay religious writer and nonjuror.

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Robert Sanderson (theologian)

Robert Sanderson (19 September 1587 – 29 January 1663) was an English theologian and casuist.

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Robert Skinner (bishop)

Robert Skinner (10 February, 1591 – 14 June, 1670) was an English bishop successively of Bristol, Oxford, and Worcester.

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Siddington, Gloucestershire

Siddington is a village located one mile south of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

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Simon Episcopius

Simon Episcopius (January 8, 1583 – April 4, 1643) was a Dutch theologian and Remonstrant who played a significant role at the Synod of Dort in 1618.

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Society for the Reformation of Manners

The Society for the Reformation of Manners was founded in the Tower Hamlets area of London in 1691.

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Socinianism

Socinianism is a system of Christian doctrine named for Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus), which was developed among the Polish Brethren in the Minor Reformed Church of Poland during the 16th and 17th centuries and embraced by the Unitarian Church of Transylvania during the same period.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Thomas Barlow (bishop)

Thomas Barlow (1608/9 – 8 October 1691) was an English academic and clergyman, who became Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford, and Bishop of Lincoln.

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Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 – 17 October 1673) was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1672 when he was created Baron Clifford.

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Thomas Gataker

Thomas Gataker (* London, 4 September 1574 – † Cambridge, 27 June 1654) was an English clergyman and theologian.

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Thomas Truman

Thomas Truman (29 December 1880 – 14 September 1918) was an English cricketer.

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Thomas Tully

Thomas Tully (1620–1676) was an Anglican clergyman.

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Thomas Watson (bishop of St David's)

Thomas Watson (1 March 1637 – 3 June 1717) was an English Church of England Bishop of St. David's (consecrated 1687; suspended 1694; deprived 1699).

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Tiverton, Devon

Tiverton is a town in the English county of Devon and the main commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district.

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Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from Greek τριάς and τριάδα, from "threefold") holds that God is one but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine Persons".

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Ubley

Ubley is a small village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in Bath and North East Somerset about south of Bristol and from Bath.

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Wells, Somerset

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.

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William Jane

William Jane (1645–1707) was an English academic and clergyman, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1680.

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William Nicholson (bishop of Gloucester)

William Nicholson (1 November, 1591 – 5 February, 1672) was an English clergyman, a member of the Westminster Assembly and Bishop of Gloucester.

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William Sancroft

William Sancroft (30 January 1617 – 24 November 1693) was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, and was one of the Seven Bishops imprisoned in 1688 for seditious libel against King James II, over his opposition to the king's Declaration of Indulgence.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bull

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