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William Warburton: the Middle Way of "Heroic Moderation"

William Warburton: the Middle Way of "Heroic Moderation" WILLIAM WARBURTON: THE MIDDLE WAY OF "HEROIC MODERATION" DAVID SORKIN Madison, Wisconsin William Warburton (1698-1779), Bishop of Gloucester, is as forgotten today as he was famous in his lifetime. The reasons for this obscurity are not far to seek. Called "the dictator and tyrant of literature," the "haughty and overbearing Colossus" of English letters, and the "big stick" of orthodoxy, his abrasive polemics - he was given to sarcasm, invective and abusive language - have distracted scholars from examining the contents of his work.' In addition, the theological trend with which he is usually identified, Latitudinarianism, has con- ventionally and mistakenly been identified with deism. Only recently have scholars correctly begun to recognize it instead as a defense of revealed religion against deism.? This article attempts to restore ' I would like to thank my colleague Phil Harth for his helpful comments on this article. Abbreviations: AL: Alliance between Church and State; DL: Divine of Aloses Demolutrated; Works: The IVorks of the Right Reverend YVzlliam Warburton, D.D. 12 vols. (London, 1 8 1 1). The quotations in order are: Edward Gibbon quoted in A.W. Evans, r I arburton and the iVarburtonz*ans.- A Study in some Eighteenth-Century Controaersie.s (London. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0028-2030
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1871-2401
DOI
10.1163/187124095X00111
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Abstract

WILLIAM WARBURTON: THE MIDDLE WAY OF "HEROIC MODERATION" DAVID SORKIN Madison, Wisconsin William Warburton (1698-1779), Bishop of Gloucester, is as forgotten today as he was famous in his lifetime. The reasons for this obscurity are not far to seek. Called "the dictator and tyrant of literature," the "haughty and overbearing Colossus" of English letters, and the "big stick" of orthodoxy, his abrasive polemics - he was given to sarcasm, invective and abusive language - have distracted scholars from examining the contents of his work.' In addition, the theological trend with which he is usually identified, Latitudinarianism, has con- ventionally and mistakenly been identified with deism. Only recently have scholars correctly begun to recognize it instead as a defense of revealed religion against deism.? This article attempts to restore ' I would like to thank my colleague Phil Harth for his helpful comments on this article. Abbreviations: AL: Alliance between Church and State; DL: Divine of Aloses Demolutrated; Works: The IVorks of the Right Reverend YVzlliam Warburton, D.D. 12 vols. (London, 1 8 1 1). The quotations in order are: Edward Gibbon quoted in A.W. Evans, r I arburton and the iVarburtonz*ans.- A Study in some Eighteenth-Century Controaersie.s (London.

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Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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