BULL, GEORGE. - Anglican writer, b. at Wells on 25 March 1634, d. on 17 Feb.
1710. In 1680 Oxford declared him “doctor,” and in 1705 he was promoted bishop of St
David.His fame is still alive and linked to his writings on early Christian history. We may mention the principal ones: the Harmonia Apostolica (London 1669), in which he brings out the harmony between the apostles James and Peter on the subject of faith and works; the Defensio Fidei Nicenae (Oxford 1685-88), which is his masterpiece—also republished in Italy with additions and notes by Zola, a teacher at Pavia (1784)—by which he demonstrates that the Nicene definitions reflected doctrines professed even earlier; Judicium Ecclesiae Catholicae trium priorum saeculorum (1694); Primitiva et Apostolica traditio dogmatis de Jesu Christi divinitate (1705), in addition to three volumes of his sermons.