Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded - Softcover

Owen, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1502303507 ISBN 13: 9781502303509

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

John Owen was an English minister. Owen, born and raised a Puritan in Oxfordshire, studied at Queen’s College and became ordained there. After becoming ordained Owen was a pastor at a couple different parishes. Owen would later return to Oxford and become the academic administrator. Owens also was a good friend of Oliver Cromwell and gave many sermons before Parliament. After Cromwell died Owen became more active in politics and joined the Wallingford House party. Throughout his life Owen wrote on a variety of topics including the defense of Calvinism in A Display of Arminianism.

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About the Author:

John Owen (1616-1683) was an early Puritan advocate of Congregationalism and Reformed theology. Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, he served under the Puritan government of Oliver Cromwell as personal chaplain to Cromwell and later as vice-chancellor of Oxford. A contemporary of John Bunyan, Owen's extensive body of work includes some twenty-eight books on theological and devotional themes. His later years were spent in pastoral ministry where he served as the leading spokesman for the Protestant Nonconformists.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1502303507
• ISBN 13: 9781502303509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210