Richard Baxter

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Christian minister Puritan person religious writer theologian

Richard Baxter was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan church leader, theologian, and writer best known for works like "The Reformed Pastor" and "The Saints' Everlasting Rest."

Aliases (1)

John Owen ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian minister → Puritan → person → religious writer → theologian →
birthDate	1615-11-12 →
birthPlace	Rowton, Shropshire, England →
burialPlace	Christ Church, Newgate Street, London →
causeOfDeath	illness →
countryOfCitizenship	England →
deathDate	1691-12-08 →
deathPlace	London, England →
denomination	Puritanism →
educatedAt	Wroxeter grammar school →
employer	Parliamentarian army (as chaplain) →
genre	devotional literature → pastoral manuals → theology →
hasOccupation	controversialist →
influenced	Evangelicalism → Reformed pastoral practice → later English Nonconformists →
influencedBy	English Puritan divines → John Calvin → William Perkins →
knownFor	Puritan devotional literature → pastoral theology → practical divinity →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	English Puritanism →
name	Richard Baxter →
notableWork	A Christian Directory → The Reformed Liturgy → The Reformed Pastor → The Saints' Everlasting Rest →
occupation	author → clergyman → theologian →
participatedIn	English Civil War (as army chaplain) →
positionHeld	minister at Kidderminster →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England →
theologicalTradition	Reformed theology →
theologicalView	Amyraldian-influenced soteriology → moderate Calvinism →
wroteAbout	Christian ethics → church unity → pastoral ministry → practical piety →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Christian Directory → A Display of Arminianism ("John Owen") → The Reformed Pastor →	author
Wroxeter Grammar School →	educated
Puritanism →	keyFigure
Richard Baxter →	name
Rowton, Shropshire, England →	notablePersonBornHere
Wroxeter Grammar School →	notableStudent