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Edward Stillingfleet
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Edward Stillingfleet (17 April 1635 – 27 March 1699) was an English Christian theologian and scholar.
Quotes
Nothing enlarges more the gulf of atheism, than that wide passage, which lies between the faith and lives of men pretending to be Christians.
Origines Sacræ (1663). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1797, p. x
"My Lord," a certain nobleman is said to have observed to the bishop, after sitting next to Bentley at dinner, "that chaplain of yours is a very extraordinary man." Stillingfleet agreed, adding, "Had he but the gift of humility, he would be the most extraordinary man in Europe."
Reported in R. J. White, Dr. Bentley: A Study in Academic Scarlet (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965) ch. 4 (p. 50)
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Category:Anglican bishops
Category:Theologians from England
Category:University of Cambridge alumni
Category:1635 births
Category:1699 deaths