Theophilus Lindsey

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Theophilus Lindsey was an 18th-century English clergyman and theologian best known for founding the first openly Unitarian chapel in London and helping to establish Unitarianism as a distinct religious movement in Britain.

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instanceOf English clergyman
Unitarian minister
human
theologian
associatedWith Joseph Priestley
Lindsey’s Essex Street Chapel congregation
Richard Price
birthDate 1723-06-20
birthPlace Middlewich, Cheshire, England
linked to: Middlewich
burialPlace Bunhill Fields, London
linked to: Bunhill Fields
centuryOfActivity 18th century
early 19th century
clergyType nonconformist minister
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1808-11-03
denomination Anglican (earlier career)
Unitarian
linked to: Unitarianism
educatedAt Leeds Grammar School
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Lindsey
founded Essex Street Chapel, London
fullName Theophilus Lindsey
gender male
givenName Theophilus
inception Essex Street Chapel, London, 1774
influenced development of British Unitarianism
knownFor advocacy of rational Christianity
rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Unitarian movement in Britain
notableFor founding the first openly Unitarian chapel in London
helping to establish Unitarianism as a distinct religious movement in Britain
occupation clergyman
theologian
positionHeld Anglican priest
Unitarian minister in London
religion Church of England
Unitarianism
resignationReason refusal to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles
resignedFrom Church of England ministry
spouse Hannah Lindsey
theologicalOrientation Arian-leaning Unitarianism
workLocation Catterick, Yorkshire, England
linked to: Catterick

London, England
wrote A Sequel to the Apology
An Apology for Resigning the Vicarage of Catterick
The Book of Common Prayer Reformed According to the Plan of the Late Dr. Samuel Clarke

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