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.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian preacher
ⓘ
English theologian ⓘ Puritan theologian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ |
| almaMater | Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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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