See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD EVANSON (1731–1805)

EVANSON (1731–1805)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 21st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1731 at See also:

• WARRINGTON

Warrington, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire . After graduating at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge (See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College) and taking See also:

• HOLY

holy orders, he officiated for several years as See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

curate at See also:

• MITCHAM

Mitcham . In 1768 he became See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Mimms near See also:

• BARNET

Barnet; and in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1769 he was presented to the rectory of See also:

• TEWKESBURY

Tewkesbury, with which he held also the vicarage of Longdon in See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester-See also:

• SHIRE

shire . In the course of his studies he discovered what he thought important variance between the teaching of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and that of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, and he did not conceal his convictions . In See also:

• READING

reading the service he altered or omitted phrases which seemed to him untrue, and in reading the Scriptures pointed out errors in the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation . A-crisis was brought on by his See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon on the resurrection, preached at See also:

• EASTER

Easter 1771; and in November 1773 a See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution was instituted against him in the See also:

• CONSISTORY (Lat. consistorium, literally, a standing place, hence meeting place, waiting or audience chamber)

consistory See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester . He was charged with " depraving the public See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of See also:

• GOD

God contained in the See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy of the Church of England, asserting the same to be superstitious and unchristian, See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing and conversing against the See also:

• CREEDS (Lat. credo, I believe), or CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

creeds and the divinity of our Saviour, and assuming to himself the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of making arbitrary alterations in his performance of the public worship." A protest was at once signed and published by a large number of his parishioners against. the prosecution . The See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case was dismissed on technical grounds, but appeals were made to the court of See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches and the court of delegates . Meanwhile See also:

• EVANSON, EDWARD (1731–1805)

Evanson had made his views generally known by several publications . In 1772 appeared anonymously his Doctrines of a Trinity and the Incarnation of God, examined upon the Principles of See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

Reason and See also:

• COMMON

Common Sense . This was followed in 1777 by A See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter to Dr See also:

• HURD, RICHARD (1720-1808)

Hurd, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop of Worcester, wherein the Importance of the Prophecies of the New Testament and the Nature of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

Apostasy predicted in them are particularly and impartially considered . He also wrote some papers on the See also:

• SABBATH

Sabbath, which brought him into controversy with See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733-1804)

Priestley, who published the whole discussion (1792) .

In the same See also:

• YEAR

year appeared Evanson's See also:

• WORK

work entitled The Dissonance of the four generally received Evangelists, to which replies were published by Priestley and See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• SIMPSON, MATTHEW (1811-1884)
• SIMPSON, SIR JAMES YOUNG (1811-1870)
• SIMPSON, THOMAS (1710-1761)

Simpson (1793) . Evanson rejected most of the books of the New Testament as forgeries, and of the four gospels he accepted only that of St . See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke . In his later years he ministered to a Unitarian See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation at Lympston, See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire . In 1802 he published Reflections upon the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion in Christendom, in which he attempted to explain and illustrate the mysterious foreshadowings of the See also:

• APOCALYPSE
• APOCALYPSE (Gr. aaoKaXvti/hr, disclosure)
• APOCALYPSE, KNIGHTS OF THE

Apocalypse . This he considered the most important of his writings . Shortly before his See also:

• DEATH

death at Colford, near See also:

• CREDITON

Crediton, Devonshire, on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 18o5, he completed his Second Thoughts on the Trinity, in reply to a work of the bishop of Gloucester . His sermons (prefaced by a See also:

• LIFE

Life by G . See also:

• ROGERS, HENRY DARWIN (18o8—1866)
• ROGERS, JAMES EDWIN THOROLD (1823-1890)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1627–c. 1665)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
• ROGERS, JOHN (c. 1500-1555)
• ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
• ROGERS, S
• ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855)
• ROGERS, WILLIAM (1819-1896)

Rogers) were published in two volumes in 1807, and were the occasion of T . See also:

• FALCONER, HUGH (18o8–1865)
• FALCONER, WILLIAM (1732–1769)

Falconer's See also:

• BAMPTON, JOHN (c. 169o-1751)

Bampton Lectures in 1811 . A narrative of the circumstances which led to the prosecution of Evanson was published by N . Havard, the See also:

• TOWN

town-clerk of Tewkesbury, in 1778 .