Anthony Bliss

Anthony Bliss was a clergyman of the Church of England, and the vicar of Portsmouth.

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Bliss was a member of Worcester College, Oxford and was awarded the degrees of B.A. in 1719, M.A. in 1722, and D.D. in 1733.[1] He was ordained in 1722 and was the Vicar of Portsmouth from 1724 until his death in 1738.[2] As a theologian, he wrote against Thomas Chubb's idea that reason alone is sufficient in theology.[3] [4][5]

His books included

  • A Sermon Preach'd in the Parish-church of Portsmouth, on Saturday January XXX. 1725[6]
  • A Letter in Vindication of God's Prescience of Contingencies against the Objections of Mr. Fancourt, in His Late Essay on Liberty, Grace, and Prescience (1730):[7] a reply to Samuel Fancourt's Essay on Liberty, Grace, and Prescience
  • Observations on Mr. Chubb's Discourse Concerning Reason (1731):[8] a reply to Thomas Chubb's Discourse Concerning Reason
  • Remarks on the plea, and the defence of the plea, for human reason (1733):[9] a reply to John Jackson's A Plea for Humane Reason and A Defense of the Plea for Human Reason: Being a Reply to a Book Entitled, A Plea for Divine Retribution
  • Calumny and Defamation Displayed: or, a Brief essay on a new theological question, viz. Whether charity be a damning heresy? In a letter to the Reverend Mr. Du-Gard of Fareham in Hampshire (1735):[10] William Du-Gard responded with Calumny and Defamation Retorted: Or, Some Brief Animadversions Upon an Erroneous and Dangerous Position, Lately advanced and defended from the Press[11][12]

Bliss' son, also named Anthony Bliss, was a member of Queen's College, Oxford and was awarded the degree of B.A. in 1751.[13] He was the Vicar of Meriden and the incumbent of Castle Bromwich, both in the County of Warwick. On his death in 1815 his estate passed to James Kittermaster.

  1. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bliss, Anthony (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Person: Bliss, Antony (1720 - 1739) CCEd Person ID: 17879". Clergy of the Church of England Database. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ Herick, James A. (1997). The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists: The Discourse of Skepticism, 1680–1750. University of South Carolina Press. p. 146. ISBN 9781570031663. Retrieved 29 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Gillett, E.H. (18 April 1874). "God in Human Thought: Or, Natural Theology Traced in Literature, Ancient and Modern, to the Time of Bishop Butler". Scribner, Armstrong & Company. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine, Or, Monthly Intelligencer". Vol. 2. September 1733. p. 481. Retrieved 30 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "King Charles the First". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. ^ Bliss, Anthony (18 April 2019). "A Letter in Vindication of God's Prescience of Contingencies, Upon the Principles of Reason: Against the Objections of Mr. Fancourt, in His Late Essay on Liberty, Grace, and Prescience. By Anthony Bliss, A.M. Vicar of Portsmouth". John Gray. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Bliss, Anthony (18 April 2019). "Observations on Mr. Chubb's Discourse Concerning Reason: Wherein His Attempt to Prove, that Reason Either Is, Or Ought to Be, a Sufficient Guide in Matters of Religion, is Consider'd; ... By Anthony Bliss, A.M. Vicar of Portsmouth". Samuel Wilmot, Oxford: and sold. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Horne, Thomas Hartwell (1827). "A Catalogue of the Library of the College of St. Margaret and St. Bernard, commonly called Queen's College". Queen's College, Cambridge. p. 195. Retrieved 29 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Bliss, Anthony (18 April 2019). "Calumny and Defamation Displayed: or, a Brief essay on a new theological question, viz. Whether charity be a damning heresy? In a letter to the Reverend Mr. Du-Gard ... The second edition". John Oswald. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Du-Gard, William (1735). "Calumny and Defamation Retorted: Or, Some Brief Animadversions Upon an Erroneous and Dangerous Position, Lately advanced and defended from the Press". G. Strahan. Retrieved 29 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Krause, Johann Gottlieb (30 May 1735). "Neue Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen" [New Newspapers about Scholarly Things] (in German). Leipzig: Johann Gottlieb Krause. p. 379. Retrieved 30 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Bliss, Anthony (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.