REL 0876 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pennsbury Manor, Steeple, English Dissenters
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William penn was born in london on october 14, 1644. William penn, his dad, was one of england"s most important admirals and someone to whom the crown owed a good deal of money, while his mom, margaret jaspers, was the daughter of a wealthy dutch merchant . Junior grew up in cromwell"s england cromwell had led a puritan rebellion and seized power, resulting in the beheading of king charles i, which cromwell called a cruel necessity. William penn had a conversion experience while in ireland, becoming a member of the society of friends becoming a quaker . Exposed to quaker faith at age 12 and three years later he experienced god personally, when the lord visited me and gave me divine impressions of himself ; formally converts @ 22 . Educated at oxford; but draws more upon the journal of george fox, inspiring his theological writings. Rejects the trinity and calls the catholic church a whore of.
