James Bowling Mozley was an English

England

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 theologian.

He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...

, the younger brother of Thomas Mozley

Thomas Mozley

Thomas Mozley , was an English clergyman and writer associated with the Oxford Movement.Mozley was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of a bookseller and publisher. His brother, James Bowling Mozley, would become known for his own theological works...

, and was educated at Oueen Elizabeth's Grammar School (now Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough

Queen Elizabeth's High School

Queen Elizabeth's High School is an 11-18 co-educational selective state grammar school, based in Gainsborough in western Lincolnshire, England.The school is selective; pupils wishing to enter at age 11 must sit and pass the Eleven Plus exam prior to entry...

) and later Oriel College, Oxford.

Mozley was elected to a fellowship at Magdalen

Magdalen College, Oxford

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 in 1840. He took an active part in the Oxford Movement

Oxford Movement

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. He said he could no more follow John Henry Newman, his brother-in-law, into the Roman communion "than fly." He was joint editor of the Christian Remembrancer

Christian Remembrancer

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. He withdrew from the position because of his substantial agreement with the famous Gorham decision.

Mozley was one of the earliest supporters of The Guardian, the High Church weekly. In 1856 he became vicar of Shoreham

Shoreham

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, in 1869 canon of Worcester

Worcester

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, and in 1871 regius professor of divinity

Regius Professor of Divinity

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 at Oxford.

He died at Shoreham on 4 January 1878.

Works

• A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of Predestination (1855)
• The Primitive Doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration (1856)
• A Review of the Baptismal Controversy (1862)
• Subscription to the Articles: a Letter (1863)
• Lectures on Miracles, being the Bampton Lectures
  Bampton Lectures
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  for 1865
• Ruling Ideas in Early Ages and their relation to the Old Testament Faith (1877)
• Essays, Historical and Theological, appeared in 1878 (2 vols), with a biographical preface by his sister Anne, who also edited some of his Letters (1884).