Thomas Aylesbury (theologian)
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Thomas Aylesbury was a theologian
educated at Cambridge, where he took the degrees of M.A.
and B.D.
By incorporation he was granted similar degrees at Oxford, the first on 9 July 1622, and the second on 10 July 1626.
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
educated at Cambridge, where he took the degrees of M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
and B.D.
Bachelor of Divinity
In Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
By incorporation he was granted similar degrees at Oxford, the first on 9 July 1622, and the second on 10 July 1626.
Works
- Sermon preached on Paul's Cross, June 1622, on Luke xvii. 37, London, 1623.
- Paganisme and Papisme parallel'd and set forth in a Sermon at the Temple Church upon the Feast Day of All Saints, 1623, by Thomas Ailesbury, Student in Diuinite (dedicated to the Earl of Southampton)
- Treatise of the Confession of Sin, with the Power of the Keys, 1657
- Diatribæ de æterno divini beneplaciti circa creaturas intellectuales decreto, ubi patrum consulta, scholasticorum scita et modernorum placita ad Sacrte Script urae amussim et orthodoxæ ecclesife tribunal deferuntur, Cambridge, 1659, and republished (according to Watt) in 1661. This work, which, like all Aylesbury's writings, was of a strongly CalvinisticCalvinismCalvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
character, was dedicated to the Protestant churchesProtestantismProtestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
of Europe.