Anthony Bliss

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Anthony Bliss was a clergyman of the Church of England, and the vicar of Portsmouth.

Bliss was a member of Worcester College, Oxford and was awarded the degrees of B.A. in 1719, M.A. in 1722, and D.D. in 1733. [1] He was ordained in 1722 and was the Vicar of Portsmouth from 1724 until his death in 1738. [2] As a theologian, he wrote against Thomas Chubb's idea that reason alone is sufficient in theology. [3] [4] [5]

His books included

Bliss' son, also named Anthony Bliss, was a member of Queen's College, Oxford and was awarded the degree of B.A. in 1751. [1] He was the Vicar of Meriden and the incumbent of Castle Bromwich, both in the County of Warwick. On his death in 1815 his estate passed to James Kittermaster.

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  1. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (18 April 1887). "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Being the Matriculation Register of the University, Alphabetically Arranged, Revised and Annotated". Parker and Company. Retrieved 18 April 2019– via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Person: Bliss, Antony (1720 - 1739) CCEd Person ID: 17879". Clergy of the Church of England Database. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Herick, James A. (1997). The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists: The Discourse of Skepticism, 1680–1750. University of South Carolina Press. p. 146. ISBN   9781570031663 . Retrieved 29 April 2019– via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Gillett, E.H. (18 April 1874). "God in Human Thought: Or, Natural Theology Traced in Literature, Ancient and Modern, to the Time of Bishop Butler". Scribner, Armstrong & Company. Retrieved 18 April 2019– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "The Gentleman's Magazine, Or, Monthly Intelligencer". 2. September 1733. p. 481. Retrieved 30 April 2019– via Google Books.
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  7. ↑ Bliss, Anthony (18 April 2019). "A Letter in Vindication of God's Prescience of Contingencies, Upon the Principles of Reason: Against the Objections of Mr. Fancourt, in His Late Essay on Liberty, Grace, and Prescience. By Anthony Bliss, A.M. Vicar of Portsmouth". John Gray. Retrieved 18 April 2019– via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Bliss, Anthony (18 April 2019). "Observations on Mr. Chubb's Discourse Concerning Reason: Wherein His Attempt to Prove, that Reason Either Is, Or Ought to Be, a Sufficient Guide in Matters of Religion, is Consider'd; ... By Anthony Bliss, A.M. Vicar of Portsmouth". Samuel Wilmot, Oxford: and sold. Retrieved 18 April 2019– via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Horne, Thomas Hartwell (1827). "A Catalogue of the Library of the College of St. Margaret and St. Bernard, commonly called Queen's College". Queen's College, Cambridge. p. 195. Retrieved 29 April 2019– via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Bliss, Anthony (18 April 2019). "Calumny and Defamation Displayed: or, a Brief essay on a new theological question, viz. Whether charity be a damning heresy? In a letter to the Reverend Mr. Du-Gard ... The second edition". John Oswald. Retrieved 18 April 2019– via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Du-Gard, William (1735). "Calumny and Defamation Retorted: Or, Some Brief Animadversions Upon an Erroneous and Dangerous Position, Lately advanced and defended from the Press". G. Strahan. Retrieved 29 April 2019– via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Krause, Johann Gottlieb (30 May 1735). "Neue Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen" [New Newspapers about Scholarly Things] (in German). Leipzig: Johann Gottlieb Krause. p. 379. Retrieved 30 April 2019– via Google Books.


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