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Rishton, Edward

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Roman Catholic writer, was born in Lancashire, and died in 1586 at Louvain of the plague. He published Synopsis Rerum Ecclesiasticarum ad Annum Christi 1577, and a Profession of Faith. He was the first publisher of Nicholas Sanders's De Origine et Progressu Schismatis Anglicani (1585, 8vo), to which he added a third part; and a fourth part, by way of appendix, appeared in 1628. See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rishton, Edward'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/rishton-edward.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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