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Ferrar, Nicholas

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FERRAR, NICHOLAS. - Protestant theologian, b. in London in 1592, d. there in 1637. A Member of Parliament in 1624, he soon withdrew from political life in order to organize a religious community in the village of Little Gidding (Huntingdonshire). He influenced the spiritual orientations of G. Herbert and R. Crashaw. There remain by F. some harmonies of the Gospel and The story books of Little Gidding, being the religious dialogues recited in the great room, published in London in 1899.

Bibliography

BIBL.: H. P. K. Skipton, The life and times of N. F., London 1907.

Enzo Navarra

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By Enzo Navarra

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1183.

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Navarra, Enzo. “Ferrar, nicholas.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1183. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ferrar-nicholas.

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Navarra, Enzo. “Ferrar, nicholas.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1183. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ferrar-nicholas.

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  author    = {Navarra, Enzo},
  title     = {Ferrar, nicholas},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1183},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ferrar-nicholas}
}

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