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Chillingworth, William
Chillingworth, William (1602–44). Theological controversialist. Born in Oxford, he was educated at Trinity College, where he became fellow. The Jesuits persuaded him, though Laud's godson, to join the Roman church, but a brief spell of study in Douai (1630–1) caused him to leave catholic certainties for Falkland's liberal group at Great Tew. Here he wrote his main work The Religion of Protestants, a Safe Way of Salvation (1637), supporting the right of free enquiry and denying any church monopoly of the truth. Taking Anglican orders (1638), he became chancellor of Salisbury (1638), but in the Civil War, while serving as a royalist army chaplain, he was captured at Arundel. Already in poor health, he died at Chichester. Ahead of his time, his rationalism and toleration, suspected by Romanists and puritans alike, were to be valued in later years.
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JOHN CANNON. "Chillingworth, William." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Chillingworth, William." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ChillingworthWilliam.html JOHN CANNON. "Chillingworth, William." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ChillingworthWilliam.html |
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William Chillingworth
William Chillingworth 1602–44, English theologian. He was converted to Roman Catholicism and in 1630 went to Douai to study. Under the influence of his godfather, William Laud, he abjured that faith in 1634, and took holy orders (1638) in the Church of England. In 1638 he published The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation, a defense of the Protestant view that the Bible is the sole authority in matters of religion and that the right of interpretation is reserved to the individual. He served as chaplain in the king's army in the civil war, was taken prisoner (1643), and died in detention.
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"William Chillingworth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "William Chillingworth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Chilling.html "William Chillingworth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Chilling.html |
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Chillingworth, William
Chillingworth, William (1602–44), Anglican cleric. He became a RC and went to Douai in 1630. The next year he returned to England and in 1634 again declared himself a Protestant. His Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation (1638) defended the rights of reason and free inquiry in doctrinal matters, and denied that any Church was infallible.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Chillingworth, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Chillingworth, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ChillingworthWilliam.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Chillingworth, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ChillingworthWilliam.html |
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Chillingworth, William
Chillingworth, William (1602–44), one of the literary coterie that gathered round Falkland at Great Tew, and author of the controversial work The Religion of the Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation (1638).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Chillingworth, William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Chillingworth, William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ChillingworthWilliam.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Chillingworth, William." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ChillingworthWilliam.html |
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