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Jewell, John
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Early English Protestant divine, born near Ilfracombe; educated at Oxford; became Tutor of Corpus Christi; embraced the Reformed faith, and was secretary to Peter Martyr in 1547; he received the living of Sunningwell, Berks, in 1551, but on Mary's accession fled to Strasburg; Elizabeth made him Bishop of Salisbury in 1559, and three years later he published his "Apology for the English Church," in his defence of which he sought to base the faith of the Church on the direct teaching of Christ apart from that of the Fathers and tradition (1522-1571).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Jewell, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/jewell-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Jewell, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/jewell-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
