John Bridges (1536–1618) was an English bishop.

Life

Born in 1536, he graduated M.A. at

Pembroke Hall, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

in 1560, having been a Fellow there since 1556. He became

Dean of Salisbury The Dean of Salisbury is the head of the chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The Dean assists the archdeacon of Sarum and bishop of Ramsbury in the diocese of Salisbury. List of deans High Medieval * Walter * Osbert ...

in 1577.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' He was appointed

Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The current bishop is Steven Croft, following the confirmation of his elect ...

on the accession of

James I of England James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...

, and took part in the Hampton Court Conference, in 1604.

Works

''A Defence of the Government Established in the Church of England for Ecclesiastical Matters'' (1587) was a controversial work, expanded to 1400 pages from a

Paul's Cross St Paul's Cross (alternative spellings – "Powles Crosse") was a preaching cross and open-air pulpit in the grounds of Old St Paul's Cathedral, City of London. It was the most important public pulpit in Tudor and early Stuart England, and many ...

sermon, aimed at the theories of church polity of Thomas Cartwright,

Laurence Chaderton Laurence Chaderton (''c''. September 1536 – 13 November 1640) was an English Puritan divine, the first Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible. Life Chaderton was born in Lees, ...

and

Walter Travers Walter Travers (1548? – 1635) was an English Puritan theologian. He was at one time chaplain to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and tutor to his son Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. He is remembered mostly as an opponent of the teaching ...

in defence of the current Church of England settlement. It brought replies by

Dudley Fenner Dudley Fenner (1587) was an English puritan divine. He helped popularise Ramist logic in the English language. Fenner was also one of the first theologians to use the term "covenant of works" to describe God's relationship with Adam in the ''Bo ...

and Travers. It also provoked the first of the tracts by

Martin Marprelate Martin Marprelate (sometimes printed as Martin Mar-prelate and Marre–Martin) was the name used by the anonymous author or authors of the seven Marprelate tracts that circulated illegally in England in the years 1588 and 1589. Their principal f ...

, ''Oh read over D. John Bridges ... Printed at the cost and charges of M. Marprelate gentleman'' (1588). He was formerly considered a possible author of ''

Gammer Gurton's Needle John Still (c. 1543 – 26 February 1607/1608) was Master of two Cambridge colleges and then, from 1593, Bishop of Bath and Wells. He enjoyed considerable fame as an English preacher and disputant. He was formerly reputed to be the author of an ...

'', now attributed to

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Quotes

He is known to have coined the phrase, "a fool and his money are soon parted," originally written in the 1587 ''Defence'' treatise.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bridges, John 1536 births 1618 deaths Deans of Salisbury Bishops of Oxford Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge 17th-century Church of England bishops 17th-century Anglican theologians 16th-century Anglican theologians