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Joanna Southcott
Joanna Southcott , 1750–1814, English religious visionary. Uneducated, even illiterate, she spent her earlier years in domestic service. She began c.1792 to claim the gift of prophecy; her "revelations" attracted many followers. Later she announced that, as the woman in Revelation 12, she would be the mother of the coming Messiah. Soon after the time she had set for the birth of the "second Shiloh," she died of brain disease, at the age of 64. Her followers continued to study the 60 or more tracts and books of her writing; the sect never completely died out. She left a locked box with instructions that it be opened only in the presence of all the bishops at a time of national crisis. In 1928, a box alleged to be hers was opened when one bishop agreed to be present; it revealed nothing of interest. Among her books is The Strange Effects of Faith (2 vol., 1801–2).
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"Joanna Southcott." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Joanna Southcott." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sthcot.html "Joanna Southcott." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sthcot.html |
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Southcott, Joanna
Southcott, Joanna (1750–1814), self-styled prophetess. A dairymaid and then a domestic servant, in 1791 she joined the Methodists and in 1792 proclaimed that she was the ‘woman clothed with the sun’ of Rev. 12. By 1814 she was expecting to give birth to a messianic child. Meanwhile she had been ‘sealing’ in large numbers those who hoped to be among the 144,000 elect. R. T. Davidson, when Abp. of Canterbury, was pressed to summon the bishops to open a box of her prophecies.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Southcott, Joanna." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Southcott, Joanna." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-SouthcottJoanna.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Southcott, Joanna." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-SouthcottJoanna.html |
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Southcott, Joanna
Southcott, Joanna (1750–1814), a religious fanatic and farmer's daughter who acquired a large following through her doggerel prophecies and supernatural claims.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Southcott, Joanna." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Southcott, Joanna." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-SouthcottJoanna.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Southcott, Joanna." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-SouthcottJoanna.html |
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