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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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 Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
era English Renaissance
surface form: Elizabethan era
fieldOfWork homiletics
pastoral theology
theology
influenced Puritanism
surface form: English Puritans

John Cotton
Puritanism
surface form: New England Puritans

Richard Sibbes
William Ames
knownFor influencing early English Puritanism
pastoral and practical theology
popularizing Reformed theology in England
languageOfWork English
Latin
name William Perkins self-link
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, England
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England
surface form: 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 self-link
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