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Tindal was born at Beer Ferrers (Ferris), Devonshire, United Kingdom, probably in 1653. He was the son of a clergyman.
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Preface concerning the Government of the Church of England, as by law eftablifhed. The other came out at London, 1730, under the title of Chriftianity as Old as the Creation :or, the Gofpel, a Republication of the Religion of Nature Befides thefe two important works, he wrote a great number of fmaller pieces or pamphlets in defence of Civil an(i Religious Liberty. He died at London, in A uguft 1733, Fellow of AU-S ouls-C o Uege, and it appears that the facdlties of his mind wore well; for, although he was about feventy-ihree when he publifhed his Chrillianity as Old as the Creation, yet he left a fecoh dvolume of that vor.k. in manufcript, by w-ay of general-reply to all his anfwer ;. the publication of whih was prevented by Giblon, bifliop of London. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Tindal was born at Beer Ferrers (Ferris), Devonshire, United Kingdom, probably in 1653. He was the son of a clergyman.
He studied law at Lincoln College, Oxford, under the high churchman George Hickes, dean of Worcester; in 1678 he was elected fellow of All Souls College.
He converted to Roman Catholicism briefly during the reign of James II, but returned to the Church of England in 1687, persuaded of "the absurdities of popery. " His 1706 book, Rights of the Christian Church asserted against Romish and all other Priests who Claim an Independent Power over It, argued for the supremacy of the state over the church. It provoked loud clergy rebukes and attacks against his character. The House of Commons even ordered the book burned by the hangman. Not to be deterred, in 1730, Tindal anonymously published Christianity as Old as Creation, or, The Gospel a Republication of the Religion of Nature, employing the pseudonym "a Christian Deist. " By publishing the book without his name he avoided prosecution. According to freethought historian Joseph McCabe, the book "was useful to later Deists, including Voltaire" (A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists). Tindal wrote a manuscript as a rejoinder to answer some 150 critics, which was ready for publication upon his death, but was destroyed by order of Bishop Gibson of London. D. 1733.
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He claimed the name of " Christian deist, " holding that true Christianity is identical with the eternal religion of nature.
Quotations: In what came to be called "the deist's bible, " Tindal insisted: "That God requires nothing for his own sake. No, not the worship we are to render him, nor the faith we are to have in him. " Tindal wrote of prayer: "There are few so gross to imagine, we can direct infinite wisdom in the dispensation of providence, or persuade him to alter those laws he contrived before the foundation of the world for putting things in a regular course. "
