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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.
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).
Aug 24, 2013 · John Owen (1616–August 24, 1683) was one of the world’s greatest Reformed theologians. Originally a Presbyterian, Owen, influenced by the works of John Cotton, came to believe in a more Congregational form of church government.
Dec 9, 2022 · Regarded as one of the greatest theologians in history, 17th-century pastor John Owen remains influential among those interested in Puritan and Reformed theology.
John Owen, called the “prince of the English divines,” “the leading figure among the Congregationalist divines,” “a genius with learning second only to Calvin’s,” and “indisputably the leading proponent of high Calvinism in England in the late seventeenth century,” was born in Stadham (Stadhampton), near Oxford.
Apr 21, 2005 · In it are three little biographies on Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen. And it’s all about the importance of defending and contending for doctrinal faithfulness, which is our all when it’s Jesus Christ and a right understanding of his gospel.
John Owen (1616 - 1683) was an English theologian and "was without doubt not only the greatest theologian of the English Puritan movement but also one of the greatest European Reformed theologians of his day, and quite possibly possessed the finest theological mind that England ever produced" ("Owen, John", in Biographical Dictionary of ...
The Puritan John Owen, who comes closer than anyone else to being the hero of this book, was one of the greatest of English theologians. In an age of giants, he overtopped them all. C.H. Spurgeon called him the prince of divines. He is hardly known today, and we are the poorer for our ignorance. 1.
The lists of secondary sources place Owen firmly within historical and literary as well as theological scholarship, and suggest avenues for future research into Owen’s career as a learned puritan. Part 1: Primary Sources.
Apr 12, 2023 · John Owen (1616-1683), sometimes called “The Prince of Puritan Divines” is widely recognized as one of the greatest Reformed theologians ever to have lived. Owen’s works are valued for their theological depth and insight.
