James Browne or Brown (1616–1685) was an English theologian.

Life

Son of a father of the same names, of

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, he matriculated at Oxford as a student of

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in 1634, and took his B.A. degree in 1638. He then left the university, and is said to have become a chaplain in the parliamentarian army and to have been an eager disputant. On the

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he conformed.

Works

Browne wrote: *''Antichrist in Spirit'', a work answered by

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in his ''Great Mystery of the Great Whore'', pp. 259, 260, where the author's name is spelt Brown. *''Scripture Redemption freed from Men's Restrictions'', 1673; and printed with it: *''The Substance of several Conferences and Disputes … about the Death of our Redeemer''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, James 1616 births 1685 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests