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John Owen (1616 – 24 August 1683) was an English Puritan Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and academic administrator at the University of Oxford. One of the most prominent theologians in England during his lifetime, Owen was a prolific author who wrote articles, treatises, Biblical commentaries, poetry, children's catechisms, and ...
Apr 1, 2024 · John Owen (born 1616, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Aug. 24, 1683, London) was an English Puritan minister, prolific writer, and controversialist. He was an advocate of Congregationalism and an aide to Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector of England (1653–58). Appointed rector of Fordham, Essex, in 1642, Owen was made vicar at nearby ...
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John Owen (1616-1683) | Reformed Theology at A Puritan's Mind. Some of the most God glorifying works ever penned for the good of the church - written by one of the greatest thinking English Puritan Theologian that ever lived.
John Owen | Digital Puritan Press. John Owen (1616–1683) was an English Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and academic administrator at the University of Oxford.
- John Owen’s life was incredibly difficult. Born in 1616 and dying in 1683, Owen lived through the deaths of his first wife and all of his children, several of whom died in very early childhood.
- Owen was one of the most published writers in the seventeenth century. He published around 8 million words. These writings included books on theology and spirituality, politics and economics, and ranged in length from the largest commentary ever published on the epistle to the Hebrews to a short Latin poem that has never been reprinted.
- Owen was one of England’s earliest children’s authors. The catechisms that Owen published (1645) outlined what he expected children in his congregation to know.
- Owen enjoyed many warm friendships. His social network included many of the most famous writers in seventeenth-century England. Among his friends and rivals were John Milton, Andrew Marvell, John Bunyan, and Lucy Hutchinson.
Dec 9, 2022 · December 09, 2022 by: Crossway. The Collected Works of John Owen, Updated for Modern Readers. Regarded as one of the greatest theologians in history, 17th-century pastor John Owen remains influential among those interested in Puritan and Reformed theology.
He was the second son of Henry Owen, the local Puritan vicar. Owen showed godly and scholarly tendencies at an early age. He entered Queen’s College, Oxford, at the age of twelve and studied the classics, mathematics, philosophy, theology, Hebrew, and rabbinical writings.
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