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John Biddle or
Bidle (born
Wotton-under-Edge,
Gloucestershire, England,
January 14,
1615 – died
September 22,
1662) was an influential English
nontrinitarian, and
Unitarian. He is often called "the Father of English Unitarianism".
Life
He studied at
Magdalen Hall, Oxford, taking an M. A. in 1641. At the age of twenty-six, he became headmaster of the Crypt Grammar School,
Gloucester.The school had links to
Gloucester Cathedral, and since he was obliged to teach his pupils according to the
Catechism of the Church of England, he immersed himself in the study of the
Bible. He concluded from his studies that the doctrine of the
Trinity wasn't supported by the Bible, and set about publishing his own views on the nature of God.
He was imprisoned in Gloucester in 1645 for his views, but released on bail.
He was imprisoned by Parliament in 1646. In 1647, while he was still a prisoner, his tract
Twelve Arguments Drawn Out of Scripture was published.
Henry Vane defended Biddle in the
House of Commons, and he was released on bail in 1648. After a short while he was again imprisoned, in
Newgate, where he remained until amnestied by the 1652
Act of Oblivion. Bidle and the MP
John Fry, who had tried to aid him, were supported by the 1649
Leveller pamphlet
Englands New Chaines Discovered. He was strongly attacked by
John Owen.
In 1654-5 he was again in trouble with Parliament, which ordered his book
A Two-fold Catechism seized;
Oliver Cromwell exiled him to the
Scilly Isles. He was released in 1658. He was imprisoned once more, and became ill, leading to his death.
A biography of Biddle by
Joshua Toulmin was published in 1789.
Views
He
denounced original sin, denied
eternal punishment, and translated a
mortalist tract. He condemned the
Ranters.
He is believed to have translated the
Racovian Catechism into English. He denied that the Bible was the Word of God.
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