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John Owen

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John Owen 1616-83, English Puritan divine and theologian. In the civil war Owen supported the parliamentary cause. Oliver Cromwell took him as chaplain to Ireland and Scotland and had him appointed (1651) dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and vice chancellor (1652) of the university. He lost his posts after the Restoration. He was called to the presidency of Harvard, but he declined. Owen's writings include devotional literature and treatises against Arminianism and Socinianism. His works were edited by Thomas Russell (with a biography by William Orme, 28 vol., 1826) and by W. H. Goold (with a biography by Andrew Thomson, 24 vol., 1850-55).

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Owen, John (1616–83), Puritan. Originally a Presbyterian, he took up the more tolerant Independent position. O. Cromwell in 1651 made him Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; he was one of Cromwell's Triers and a member of the Savoy Conference. After the Restoration he preached and wrote in London.

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