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Robert Barclay

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Robert Barclay 1648–90, Scottish apologist for the Society of Friends (Quakers). He wrote many controversial works but is best known for his great treatise An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, which appeared in Latin in 1676 and in English two years later. The duke of York (later James II) granted a patent of the province of East Jersey to 12 members of the Society of Friends; Barclay was nominal governor (1682–88), but he never went to America. His collected works were published in 1692 as Truth Triumphant.

Bibliography: See biography by D. E. Trueblood (1967).

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Barclay, Robert (1648–90), Scottish Quaker theologian. He followed his father in becoming a Quaker in 1667. His ‘Apology’, published in Latin in 1676, was issued in an English version in 1678; its impressive defence of the doctrine of the ‘Inner Light’ against the sufficiency of external authorities, including the Bible, made it the classic exposition of Quaker principles. Barclay won the favour of the Duke of York (later James II), and was able to assist W. Penn in the foundation of Pennsylvania.

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Barclay, Robert (exponent of Quaker beliefs): see FRIENDS, THE SOCIETY OF.

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