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'''John Champneys''' was a 16th-century English religious radical. He is known for authoring ''The Harvest is at hand'' (1548), an anti-clerical tract which targeted [[Roman Catholic]] and Evangelical preaching.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Celyn David |title=The English Print Trade in the Reign of Edward VI, 1547–1553 |date=26 June 2023 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-51017-3 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9O77EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=john+champneys+religious+radical&source=bl&ots=WjW9Dwbt_v&sig=ACfU3U1bY1doThEDXZ_-cu-CLAmHXKH2dA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz5LCmrN-FAxUyVUEAHRSsBX4Q6AF6BAgbEAI#v=onepage&q=john%20champneys%20religious%20radical&f=false |language=en}}</ref>
'''John Champneys''' was a 16th-century English religious radical. He is known for authoring ''The Harvest is at hand'' (1548), an anti-clerical tract which targeted [[Roman Catholic]] and Evangelical preaching.<ref name=Richards>{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Celyn David |title=The English Print Trade in the Reign of Edward VI, 1547–1553 |date=26 June 2023 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-51017-3 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9O77EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=john+champneys+religious+radical&source=bl&ots=WjW9Dwbt_v&sig=ACfU3U1bY1doThEDXZ_-cu-CLAmHXKH2dA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz5LCmrN-FAxUyVUEAHRSsBX4Q6AF6BAgbEAI#v=onepage&q=john%20champneys%20religious%20radical&f=false |language=en}}</ref>


On 27 April 1549, he was brought before Archbishop [[Thomas Cranmer]] at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] to repent various heresies, including the idea that once a person is spiritually reborn in Christ, they cannot sin, denying that those [[Born again|reborn]] in Christ could lose their godly love or break Christ's commandments, and of promoting the belief that people do not possess a spirit enabling them to remain righteous in Christ. Additionally, he was accused of advocating that God's chosen people could enjoy worldly possessions fully. He died in or after 1559.<ref>https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-5096?rskey=9HwQJv&result=2</ref>
On 27 April 1549, he was brought before Archbishop [[Thomas Cranmer]] at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] to repent various heresies, including the idea that once a person is spiritually reborn in Christ, they cannot sin, denying that those [[Born again|reborn]] in Christ could lose their godly love or break Christ's commandments, and of promoting the belief that people do not possess a spirit enabling them to remain righteous in Christ. Additionally, he was accused of advocating that God's chosen people could enjoy worldly possessions fully.<ref name=ODNB>https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-5096?rskey=9HwQJv&result=2</ref> He was subsequently convicted of heresy and did not appear to continue publishing after his conviction.<ref name=Richards /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Risjord |first1=Norman K. |title=The Colonists |date=2001 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7425-2073-8 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FkSTUc9mpHIC&pg=PA36 |language=en}}</ref> He died in or after 1559.<ref name=ODNB />


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Revision as of 07:32, 26 April 2024

John Champneys was a 16th-century English religious radical. He is known for authoring The Harvest is at hand (1548), an anti-clerical tract which targeted Roman Catholic and Evangelical preaching.[1]

On 27 April 1549, he was brought before Archbishop Thomas Cranmer at St Paul's Cathedral to repent various heresies, including the idea that once a person is spiritually reborn in Christ, they cannot sin, denying that those reborn in Christ could lose their godly love or break Christ's commandments, and of promoting the belief that people do not possess a spirit enabling them to remain righteous in Christ. Additionally, he was accused of advocating that God's chosen people could enjoy worldly possessions fully.[2] He was subsequently convicted of heresy and did not appear to continue publishing after his conviction.[1][3] He died in or after 1559.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Richards, Celyn David (26 June 2023). The English Print Trade in the Reign of Edward VI, 1547–1553. BRILL. p. 72. ISBN 978-90-04-51017-3.
  2. ^ a b https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-5096?rskey=9HwQJv&result=2
  3. ^ Risjord, Norman K. (2001). The Colonists. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7425-2073-8.