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List of members of the Westminster Assembly

Index List of members of the Westminster Assembly

The members of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, sometimes known collectively as the Westminster Divines, are those clergymen who participated in the Assembly that drafted the Westminster Confession of Faith. [1]

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Aniconism in Christianity

Christianity has not generally practised aniconism, or the avoidance or prohibition of types of images, but has had an active tradition of making and venerating images of God and other religious figures.

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Arthur Hildersham

Arthur Hildersham (1563–1632) was an English clergyman, a Puritan and nonconforming preacher.

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Christian views on the Old Covenant

The Mosaic covenant or Law of Moses which Christians generally call the "Old Covenant" (in contrast to the New Covenant) has played an important role in the origins of Christianity and has occasioned serious dispute and controversy since the beginnings of Christianity: note for example Jesus' teaching of the Law during his Sermon on the Mount and the circumcision controversy in early Christianity.

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History of the Puritans under King Charles I

Under Charles I, the Puritans became a political force as well as a religious tendency in the country.

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List of Scholars of Trinity College, Dublin

This is a list of notable individuals elected as Scholars of Trinity College, Dublin.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Stanley Gower

Stanley Gower (possibly baptised 29 March 1600, died 1660) was a puritan minister in the Church of England.

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Thomas Howell (bishop)

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Thomas Rosewell

Reverend Thomas Rosewell (3 May 1630 – 14 February 1692) was a Nonconformist minister of Rotherhithe, Surrey who was found guilty of treason but subsequently pardoned by King Charles II.

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Westminster Assembly

The Westminster Assembly of Divines was a council of theologians (or "divines") and members of the English Parliament appointed to restructure the Church of England which met from 1643 to 1653.

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William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke

William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke (died 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.

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References

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

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