Christian Cyclopedia

(1657–1737). B. Blandford, Dorset, Eng.; educ. Oxford; to Paris, Fr., as chaplain of Eng. ambassador 1682; returned to Eng. 1685; held various appointments; bp. Lincoln 1705; abp. Canterbury 1716–37; negotiated with L. E. Du Pin* and others for reunion of Ch. of Eng. and Fr. Ch. Works include Exposition of the Doctrine of the Church of England; The State of the Church and Clergy of England; The Genuine Epistles of the Apostolical Fathers; The Principles of the Christian Religion. See also Union Movements, 4.