Richard Hooker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Hooker

English bishop and Anglican Divine

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Heavitree, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1600

Profession: theologian, Anglican priest

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Richard Hooker (25 March, 1554 – 3 November 1600) was an English priest in the Church of England and an influential theologian.
He was one of the most important English theologians of the sixteenth century.
His defence of the role of redeemed reason informed the theology of the seventeenth century Caroline Divines and later provided many members of the Church of England with a theological method which combined the claims of revelation, reason and tradition.Scholars disagree regarding Hooker's relationship with what would later be called "Anglicanism" and the Reformed theological tradition.
Traditionally, he has been regarded as the originator of the Anglican via media between Protestantism and Catholicism.
However, a growing number of scholars have argued that he should be considered as being in the mainstream Reformed theology of his time and that he only sought to oppose the extremists (Puritans), rather than moving the Church of England away from Protestantism.
The term "Anglican" is not found in his writings and indeed first appears early in the reign of Charles I as the Church of England moved towards an Arminian position doctrinally and a more "Catholic" look liturgically under the leadership of Archbishop William Laud.



Alternative names	Wenceslaus Hollar; Wenzel Hollar; Hollar; Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemus; Václav Hollar z Práchne
Description	Czech printmaker, cartographer and illustrator
Date of birth/death	13 July 1607	25 March 1677
Location of birth/death	Prague	London
Authority control	: Q448555 VIAF: 54449428 ISNI: 0000 0001 2133 7372 ULAN: 500028368 LCCN: n50034895 NLA: 35202397 WorldCat