William Chillingworth (1602-44; ODNB), anglican divine who had for a time converted to Roman catholicism before being reconverted by the influence of his godfather, William Laud; hesitant over subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles; his Religion of Protestants: a safe way to salvation (1638) - including its assertion that 'the Bible is the religion of Protestants' - was used by Henson to support a view of the wide interpretative latitude of the Bible, over which the Church enjoyed no special authority: Henson, The Liberty of Prophesying (London, 1909), 40, 93-6. See also Volume 67.

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• 28 Feb 1904
• 25 Dec 1911
• 31 Aug 1918
• 20 Sep 1921
• 16 Nov 1921