See also:ROBERT See also:BARCLAY (1648-1690)
, one of the most eminent writers belonging to the Society of See also:Friends, or See also:Quakers, was See also:born in 1648 at Gordonstown in Morayshire
.
His See also:father had served under Gustavus See also:Adolphus, and pursued a somewhat tortuous course through the troubles of the See also:civil See also:war
.
See also:Robert was sent to finish his See also:education in See also:Paris, and it appears he was at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time inclined to accept the See also:Roman See also:Catholic faith
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In 1667, however, he followed the example of his father, and joined the recently formed Society of Friends
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In 167o he married a Quaker See also:lady, See also:Christian Mollison of See also:Aberdeen
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He was an ardent theological student, a See also:man of warm feelings and considerable See also:mental See also:powers,, and he soon came prominently forward as the leading apologist of the new See also:doctrine, winning his spurs in a controversy with one See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Mitchell
.
The publication of fifteen Theses Theologiae (1676) led to a public discussion in Aberdeen, each See also:side claiming a victory
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The most prominent of the Theses was that bearing on immediate See also:revelation, in which the superiority of this inner See also:light to See also:reason or scripture is sharply stated
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His greatest See also:work, An See also:Apology for the True Christian Divinity, was published in Latin at See also:Amsterdam in 1676, and was an elaborate statement of the grounds for holding certain fundamental positions laid down in the Theses
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It was translated by its author into See also:English in 1678, and is " one of the most impressive theological writings of the See also:century." It breathes a large tolerance and is still perhaps the most important manifesto of the Quaker Society
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See also:Barclay experienced to some extent the persecutions inflicted on the new society, and was several times thrown into See also:prison
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He travelled extensively in See also:Europe (once with See also:Penn and See also:George See also:Fox), and had several interviews with See also:Elizabeth, princess See also:palatine
.
In later years he had much See also:influence with See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., who as See also:duke of See also:York had given to twelve members of the society a patent of the See also:province of See also:East New See also:Jersey, Barclay being made See also:governor (1682-88)
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He is said to have visited James with a view to making terms of See also:accommodation with William of See also:Orange,
whose arrival was then imminent
.
He died on the 3rd of 9ctober 169o
.
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