HAWARDEN, EDWARD. - English theologian and controversialist, b. at Croxteth (Lancashire) on 9 Apr. 1662, d. in London on 23 Apr. 1735. He was a student and, after becoming a priest (1686), a professor at the English College of Douai. Accused in Rome of Jansenism, although found innocent, he resigned and in 1707 returned to England, where by his preaching and writings he worked for the conversion of his fellow countrymen.
The controversy which he successfully maintained against S. Clarke, in the presence of Queen Caroline, concerning the Most Holy Trinity, remained famous. Among his works should be noted: The true Church of Christ, shewed by Concurrent testimonies of Scripture and primitive tradition (London 1714); The rule of faith truly stated in a new and easy method (ibid. 1721); Charity and truth (Brussels 1728); An answer to Dr. Clarke and mr. Whiston concerning the Divinity of the Son and the Holy Spirit (London 1729); Opera omnia (Dublin 1808).