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William Law (1686 – 9 April 1761) was a Church of England priest who lost his position at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, when his conscience would not allow him to take the required oath of allegiance to the first Hanoverian monarch, King George I.
William Law's most widely known book, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, pulls together many of his thoughts in a lucid work addressed to the "average" Christian. It challenged...
William Law (born 1686, King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire, Eng.—died April 9, 1761, King’s Cliffe) was an English author of influential works on Christian ethics and mysticism. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1705 and in 1711 was elected a fellow there and was ordained.
May 29, 2018 · The English devotional writer, controversialist, and mystic William Law (1686-1761) wrote works on practical piety that are considered among the classics of English theology. William Law was born in King's Cliffe, North-amptonshire, the son of a grocer and one of 11 children.
William Law‟s Theology of Atonement and Union With God In explaining Law‟s doctrine of the atonement and union with God, two principle sources will be used. The first is Law‟s, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life written in 1728, and the second is, The Spirit of Love written in 1754.13 I will also occasionally use Law‟s book, A
William Law, the English devotional writer, controversialist, theologian, and mystic, was a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. As a nonjuror, he refused to take the oath to King George I and thus terminated his career at the university and in the church.
William Law (1686 – 9 April 1761) was a Church of England priest who lost his position at Emmanuel College, Cambridge when his conscience would not allow him to take the required oath of allegiance to the first Hanoverian monarch, George I. Previously William Law had given his allegiance to the House of Stuart and is sometimes considered a ...
