John Prideaux
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John Prideaux (1578-1650) was an English academic and bishop of Worcester.
[edit] Life
Described as one of the most influential Calvinists inside the Church[1], he was Fellow and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford[2].
He held the living of Bladon from 1625[3]. He was censured in 1631 for his tolerance of preachers in Oxford attacking William Laud[4].
| “ | He was widely disliked by the Laudian party in the Church of England. Richard Montagu, one of Laud's supporters, called him ‘that jackanapes’ and ‘the Bedlam of Exeter’, hardly complimentary things to say about one of Oxford's most renowned heads of house. There was an unusually high presence of staunch Protestants at Exeter, and its reputation as anti-Laudian was clear (it was the only college not to have its altar in the position required by the Laudian statutes). Prideaux's position at the apex of the College allowed his influence to permeate every aspect of its life, academic and religious, and Exeter's appeal as a centre of Protestant scholarship must have stemmed in large part from him.[5] | ” |
[edit] Works
Matthias Prideaux, a Royalist soldier, was his son, and predeceased him in 1646. John edited his work on history[6].
He wrote a substantial academic treatise, Hypomnemata, as well as theological works.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Archbishop Laud, p. 44.
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Bladon - Church | British History Online
- ^ Trevor-Roper, Laud, p. 116.
- ^ PDF, p. 22.
- ^ Christopher Hill, The English Bible and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution (1993), p. 29 footnote.
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| Preceded by John Thornborough |
Bishop of Worcester 1641–1651 |
Succeeded by none until English Restoration then George Morley |
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