Daniel Whitby

From Textus Receptus

Daniel Whitby (1638–1726) was an English theologian. An Arminian minister in the Church of England, Whitby was known for being strongly anti-Calvinistic and later gave evidence of strong Arian and Unitarian tendencies. He attacked John Mill in work Examen variantium Lectionum Johannis Milli (London 1709). In 1710 he had written his Discourse on the Five Points [of Calvinism] which eventually drew Calvinist responses from English Baptist John Gill in his The Cause of God and Truth (1735) and American Congregationalist Jonathan Edwards in his Freedom of the Will (1754).

Whitby is considered by many to have systematized postmillennialism, even if seeds of this millennialist belief were sown long before with persons such as Augustine. Although Whitby may have been an Arminian minister, postmillennialism is now commonly associated with Calvinist and Covenantal churches, specifically Reconstructionist churches.^[1]

References

• Dictionary of National Biography, s:Page:Dictionary of National Biography volume 61.djvu/34

Notes

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