OWEN, John

OWEN, John
(1616-1683)
   PURITAN theologian and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during the Commonwealth. A tolerant and fair scholar, his was a prolific writer who is best known for such works as The Death of Death and The Work of the Holy Spirit.

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