John Hunt (theologian)
John Hunt (born January 21, 1827 in Perth , † around 1908) was an Anglican theologian and writer .
John Hunt graduated from the University of Perth , then went from the Presbyterian Church to the English State Church and lived as a pastor at Otford in the Sevenoaks District , Kent .
He published a volume of translations of Martin Luther's sacred songs (1847), poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Friedrich Schiller , Gottfried August Bürger (1861), an essay on pantheism (1866), which was indexed in Rome , and one Series of theological writings ( Religious Thought in England from the Reformation to the end of last century. A contribution to the History of Theology , 2nd edition 1884, 3 volumes; Contemporary essays , 1873; Pantheism and christianity , 1884) participated in of the Old Catholic Movement and translated the work of Ignaz von Döllinger , Joseph Hubert Reinkens and Johann Friedrich von Schulte into English.
His wife Eliza Meadows Sheppard (* 1845) took part in Hunt's efforts in favor of the Old Catholic movement and made a name for herself as a writer, especially through the historical novel The wards of Plotinus (1881, 3 volumes), set in the 3rd century .
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| SURNAME | Hunt, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglican theologian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1908 |