John Rainolds

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John Rainolds was an influential English Puritan scholar and theologian who played a key role in initiating and shaping the King James Version of the Bible.

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instanceOf Puritan
academic
biblical scholar
clergyman
human
theologian
alternateName John Rainoldes
John Reynolds
birthDate 1549-09-29
birthPlace Devon
England
Pinhoe
citizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfHamptonCourtProposal 1604
deathDate 1607-05-21
deathPlace England
Oxford
Oxfordshire
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer University of Oxford
era Tudor England
surface form: Elizabethan era

early Stuart period
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis
classical studies
theology
influenced development of the King James Version of the Bible
knownFor advocacy of a new English Bible translation
leading English Puritan scholar
participation in the Hampton Court Conference
role in initiating the King James Version of the Bible
language English
movement Puritanism
name John Rainolds self-link
nationality English
notableWork A Defence of the Judgement of the Reformed Churches
Overthrow of Stage-Playes
The Summe of the Conference between John Rainolds and John Hart
occupation clergyman
theologian
university teacher
participantIn Hampton Court Conference
positionHeld Dean of Lincoln
President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford
proposed new authorized English translation of the Bible
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sibling William Rainolds
theologicalTradition Reformed theology
wasOpponentOf Roman Catholicism
wroteAbout church discipline
the authority of Scripture

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Magdalen Hall, Oxford educated John Rainolds