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Dudley Fenner (c. 1558-1587) was an English puritan divine. Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Puritans were members of a group of Protestants seeking further reforms or even separation from the established church during the Reformation. ... The concept of the divine or of The Divine, meaning matters relating to a god, forms an important ingredient in many religious faiths (but compare Buddhism, for example, or Scientology). ...


He was born in Kent and educated at Cambridge University. There he became an adherent of Thomas Cartwright, and publicly expounded his presbyterian views, with the result that he was obliged to leave Cambridge without taking his degree. For some months he seems to have assisted the vicar of Cranbrook, Kent, but it is doubtful whether he received ordination. Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... REDIRECT [1] ... There have been several well-known people called Thomas Cartwright, including: Thomas Cartwright (architect) Thomas_Cartwright_(churchman) ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... There are at least two places named Cranbrook. ...


He next followed Cartwright to Antwerp, and, having received ordination according to rite of the Reformed church, assisted Cartwright for several years in preaching to the English congregation there. The leniency shown by Archbishop Grindal to puritans encouraged him to return to England, and he became curate of Cranbrook in 1583. In the same year, however, he was one of seventeen Kentish ministers suspended for refusing to sign an acknowledgment of the queens supremacy and of the authority of the Prayer Book and articles. He was imprisoned for a time, but eventually regained his liberty and spent the remainder of his life as chaplain in the Reformed church at Middleburgh. The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ... The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organizationally independent. ... Events August 5 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St Johns, Newfoundland. ... Middleburgh may refer to: Middleburgh (village), New York Middleburgh (town), New York This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


A list of his authentic works is given in Cooper's Athenae Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1858-1861). They rank among the best expositions of the principles of Puritanism. Charles Henry Cooper (March 20, 1808 _ March 21, 1866), was an English antiquarian. ... The Puritans were members of a group of radical Protestants which developed in England after the Reformation. ...


This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) represents, in many ways, the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...


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Dudley Fenner Biography | Dictionary of Literary Biography (121 words)
Dudley Fenner was a Cambridge-educated Puritan divine known for his vocal disagreement with the Anglican Church and its policies.
Fenner's integrated treatment of both logic and rhetoric was the first Ramistic effort in England to compete against the earlier integrated Ciceronian treatment of logic and rhetoric in Thomas Wilson's The Rule of Reason (1551) and The Arte of Rhetorique (1553).
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