William Perkins

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William Perkins was a leading late-16th-century English theologian and preacher whose influential writings helped shape the development and spread of Puritan thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian preacher ⓘ
English theologian ⓘ
Puritan theologian ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
almaMater Christ's College, Cambridge ⓘ
birthCountry England ⓘ
birthPlace Bulkington ⓘ
Warwickshire ⓘ
birthYear 1558 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfDeath England ⓘ
deathYear 1602 ⓘ
doctrine assurance of salvation ⓘ
practical divinity ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer University of Cambridge ⓘ
era Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
fieldOfWork homiletics ⓘ
pastoral theology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influenced English Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

John Cotton ⓘ
New England Puritans ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism

Richard Sibbes ⓘ
William Ames ⓘ
knownFor influencing early English Puritanism ⓘ
pastoral and practical theology ⓘ
popularizing Reformed theology in England ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
name William Perkins ⓘ
notableWork A Discourse of Conscience ⓘ
A Golden Chain ⓘ
A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men ⓘ
The Art of Prophesying ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge ⓘ
linked to: Cambridge, England

Cambridgeshire ⓘ
positionHeld lecturer in theology ⓘ
preacher at Great St Andrew's Church, Cambridge ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
religiousMovement Puritanism ⓘ
theologicalTradition Reformed theology ⓘ

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Puritanism → keyFigure → William Perkins ⓘ
Richard Baxter → influencedBy → William Perkins ⓘ
William Perkins → name → William Perkins ⓘ
William Ames → influencedBy → William Perkins ⓘ
The Art of Prophesying → author → William Perkins ⓘ
A Golden Chain → author → William Perkins ⓘ
A Discourse of Conscience → author → William Perkins ⓘ
Richard Sibbes → influencedBy → William Perkins ⓘ
Perkins → hasNotableBearer → William Perkins ⓘ
Thomas Goodwin → influencedBy → William Perkins ⓘ
Banner of Truth edition → originalAuthor → William Perkins ⓘ
John Cotton → notableStudentOf → William Perkins (indirectly, via Cambridge Puritan tradition) ⓘ
linked to: William Perkins
Guilielmus Amesius → influencedBy → William Perkins ⓘ