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Conyers Middleton
Conyers Middleton 1683–1750, English clergyman, one of the earliest English rationalistic theologians. A fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became known through his disputes with Richard Bentley, master of Trinity. Middleton was made principal librarian of Cambridge in 1721. A storm of protest followed his Letter from Rome, Showing an Exact Conformity between Popery and Paganism (1729). It was in his controversy with Daniel Waterland over the historical accuracy of the Bible that doubts about his orthodoxy were raised. The Life of Cicero (1741) brought the author wide recognition, but later critics charged that it owed much to a work by William Bellenden. He was regarded as a latitudinarian (i.e., one who advocates opening the church to a broad spectrum of beliefs), an attitude plainly shown in his Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers (1749), concerning the claims to miraculous powers in the church; his view was severely criticized. His Miscellaneous Works (4 vol., 1752) include many of his writings. |
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Middleton, Conyers
Middleton, Conyers (1683–1750), wrote Letter from Rome (1729), and a life of Cicero (1741). His A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers which Are Supposed to have Subsisted in the Christian Church (1749), which attacked the authenticity of post-apostolic miracles, caused much controversy.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Middleton, Conyers." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Middleton, Conyers." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MiddletonConyers.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Middleton, Conyers." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MiddletonConyers.html |
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