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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Theophilus Lindsey canonical 17

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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 ⓘ
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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