Rev. George Balderston Kidd (28 July 1794 in Cottingham, near Hull – 1851, Scarborough) was a Dissenting Minister and theological writer.

Personal life

He was the eldest son of the Rev. Anthony Kidd,

Nonconformist Nonconformity or nonconformism may refer to: Culture and society * Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior *Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity ** ...

minister.

Career

Kidd is mainly remembered for his posthumous book ''Christophaneia: The Doctrine of the Manifestations of the Son of God under the Economy of the Old Testament'' (ed. OT Dobbin; London: Ward, 1852). This was used in argument with Unitarians in the 19th century to claim the

pre-existence of Christ The pre-existence of Christ asserts the existence of Christ before his incarnation as Jesus. One of the relevant Bible passages is where, in the Trinitarian interpretation, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasis (substantive ...

and the appearance of Christ as the Angel of the Lord and

Ancient of Days Ancient of Days (Aramaic: , ''ʿatīq yōmīn''; Ancient Greek: , ''palaiòs hēmerôn''; Latin: ) is a name for God in the Book of Daniel. The title "Ancient of Days" has been used as a source of inspiration in art and music, denoting the cre ...

in the Hebrew Bible. The book was also listed as ''Christophany: the Result of original Investigations into the Manifestations of the Son of God, under the Old Testament Dispensation''. It was one of the first texts to use the term "

Christophany A Christophany is an appearance or non-physical manifestation of Christ. Traditionally the term refers to visions of Christ after his Ascension of Jesus, ascension, such as the bright light of the conversion of Paul the Apostle. Also, following ...

" to apply to claimed appearances of Christ as angels in the Hebrew Bible, rather than in the New Testament sense such as the

Damascus Christophany The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and the "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cea ...

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