Education
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Exeter College, Oxford in 1620. And with an Master of Arts
preacher Independent theologian
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Exeter College, Oxford in 1620. And with an Master of Arts
Nathaniel Holmes or Homes (1599–1678) was an English Independent theologian and preacher. from Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1623. He later founded an Independent church, with Henry Burton. He was rector of Street Mary Staining, Oat Lane, Aldersgate, in London to 1662.
A convinced millenarian, he preached to the House of Commons in 1641, under the influence of Thomas Brightman.
In 1650, in another sermon to the Commons after the battle of Dunbar, he cited the Book of Daniel and Book of Revelation. He with Henry Jessey corresponded with Menasseh ben Israel, about the official return of Jews to England, and the supposed Lost Tribes found in North America.
This interest was prompted by John Dury’s interest, and was shared with others His philo-Semitism has been noted, for example, by Werner Sombart.
His 1640 work on usury was against the permissive line of William Ames.
His 1640 work on usury was against the permissive line of William Ames. He was against political "levelling". He defended infant baptism, and attacked John Goodwin on salvation by works.
He wrote against witchcraft, proposing an influential three-fold scheme of possession, and astrology, regretting its prevalence.