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[German Version] (Jan 26, 1657, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England – Jan 24, 1737, London), a clergyman of the Church of England, was a leading ecclesiastical figure in his day. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford (M.A. 1679) and later received the degrees of B.D. and D.D. in 1689. He held numerous offices: preacher at Gray’s Inn, London (1688–1696); canon of Christ Church, Oxford (1689–1702); rector at St. James’s, Westminster (1693–1706); canon residentiary at Exeter Cathedral (1702–1…

[German Version] (c. 1530, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, UK – Feb 29, 1604, London), became a fellow in 1555 and received his M.A. in 1557 at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was not ordained until 1560 after Mary Tudor’s reign ended (1558). He gained his B.D. in 1563 and was Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity (1563–1567). He was university preacher, master of Pembroke Hall and D.D. in 1567, master of Trinity College (1567–1577) and Regius Professor of Divinity (1567–1579). In 1571 Whitgift became dean o…

[German Version] (c. 1600, Somerset – Oct 24, 1669, London), lawyer and controversialist, was a leading Puritan pamphleteer in the mid-17th century. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford (B.A. 1621), and became a barrister at Lincoln’s Inn (London) in 1628. Prynne began his career as a controversialist in 1627, with a pamphlet attacking Arminians (II). He was later severely punished for a treatise that was taken to be an attack on Charles I and imprisoned for life in 1634. He was released by th…

[German Version] (c. 1576, Sturton-le-Steeple, Nottinghamshire – Jan 3, 1625, Leiden), leading theologian of the Separatists (Separatism). Robinson was ¶ educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (B.A. 1596, M.A. 1599; fellow 1598–1604), and from c. 1602 was curate at St. Andrew’s, Norwich. He was suspended in 1605/1606 for Nonconformity. After belonging for a time to the Separatist congregation in Gainsborough under J. Smyth, he moved to the congregation of Scrooby, Yorkshire, which met in the house of William…