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John Biddle or Bidle (born Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England, January 14, 1615 – died September 22, 1662) was an influential English nontrinitarian, and Unitarian. John Biddle ( March 2, 1792 &ndash August 25, 1859) was a delegate to the United States Congress from the Michigan Territory Wotton-under-Edge (pronounced) is a Market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Nontrinitarianism includes all Christian belief systems that reject as non-scriptural wholly or partly the doctrine of the Trinity; the Doctrine He is often called "the Father of English Unitarianism"[1][2].

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Life

He studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, taking an M. Magdalen College redirects here see also Magdalene College Cambridge Magdalen College (ˈmɔːdlɨn "maudlin" is one of the constituent A. in 1641[3]. At the age of twenty-six, he became headmaster of the Crypt Grammar School, Gloucester. Gloucester (ˈɡlɒstɚ) is a city, district and County town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. The school had links to Gloucester Cathedral, and since he was obliged to teach his pupils according to the Catechism of the Church of England, he immersed himself in the study of the Bible. Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Undivided Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin He concluded from his studies that the doctrine of the Trinity was not supported by the Bible, and set about publishing his own views on the nature of God. SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных

He was imprisoned in Gloucester in 1645 for his views[3], but released on bail. He was imprisoned by Parliament in 1646. In 1647, while he was still a prisoner, his tract Twelve Arguments Drawn Out of Scripture was published. Henry Vane defended Biddle in the House of Commons, and he was released on bail in 1648[1]. Sir Henry Vane ( 1613 - June 14, 1662) son of Henry Vane the Elder, served as a statesman and Member of Parliament in a career spanning The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords After a short while he was again imprisoned, in Newgate, where he remained until amnestied by the 1652 Act of Oblivion[3]. Newgate was a Gate in the west of London Wall round the City of London. The Indemnity and Oblivion Act is an Act of the Parliament of England (16 Cha Bidle and the MP John Fry, who had tried to aid him, were supported by the 1649 Leveller pamphlet Englands New Chaines Discovered[4]. John Fry (1609–1657 was a Member of the English Parliament and sat as a Commissioner (Judge during the trial of King Charles I of England. See Levellers (disambiguation for alternative meanings. The Levellers were members of a mid 17th century English Political movement He was strongly attacked by John Owen. John Owen ( 1616 - August 24, 1683) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian

In 1654-5 he was again in trouble with Parliament, which ordered his book A Two-fold Catechism seized[5]; Oliver Cromwell exiled him to the Scilly Isles. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style &ndash 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known He was released in 1658[6]. He was imprisoned once more, and became ill, leading to his death[3].

A biography of Biddle by Joshua Toulmin was published in 1789. Joshua Toulmin ( &ndash 23 July 1815) of Taunton, England was a noted theologian and a serial Dissenting minister

Views

He denounced original sin[7], denied eternal punishment[8], and translated a mortalist tract[9]. Original sin is according to a doctrine in Catholic theology, humanity's state of Sin resulting from the Fall of Man. He condemned the Ranters[10]. The Ranters were a radical English Sect in the time of the Commonwealth (mid-1600s who were regarded as heretical by the established Church of that period

He is believed to have translated the Racovian Catechism into English. The Racovian Catechism (pol Katechizm Rakowski is a Nontrinitarian statement of faith from the 16th century [11] He denied that the Bible was the Word of God[12].

Notes

  1. ^ a b Christopher Hill, Milton and the English Revolution, p. 290.
  2. ^ [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
  3. ^ a b c d Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  4. ^ Hill, Milton, p. 293.
  5. ^ Guibon Goddard's Journal - January 1654-5 | British History Online
  6. ^ Hill, Change and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century England, p. 267.
  7. ^ Hill, Milton, p. 313.
  8. ^ Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, p. 177.
  9. ^ Hill, Milton, p. 320.
  10. ^ Hill, A Nation of Change and Novelty, p. 189.
  11. ^ Hill, Milton p. 294, thinks this is probably the case, but adds that Biddle was not exactly a Socinian, something he was often accused of being. Socinianism is a form of Antitrinitarianism, named for Laelius Socinus (died 1562 in Zürich) and of his nephew Faustus Socinus
  12. ^ Hill, The English Bible and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution, p. 235. Hill considers Biddle narrowly escaped the death penalty on this matter.

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