Benjamin Whichcote

Benjamin Whichcote (1609 - 1683) was an English Establishment and Puritan divine, a Cambridge Platonist, born in Shropshire. He was a Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, and was distinguished for his personal influence over his pupils, many of them eminent men. He gave a philosophical turn to their theological opinions.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Christ is God clothed with human nature.

- Moral and Religious Aphorisms

• The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

- Moral and Religious Aphorisms

• Among politicians, the esteem of religion is profitable, the principles of it are troublesome.

- Moral and Religious Aphorisms

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