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Professor William B. Hunter, Bishop Burgess, and John Milton. (response to William B. Hunter, Studies in English Literature, vol. 32, p. 129, Winter 1992 and vol. 33, p. 191, Winter 1993)

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From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Date: 19940101
Author:Hill, Christopher

William B. Hunter cited Bishop Burgess in defending his proposition that John Milton was not the author of 'De Doctrina Christiana,' a heretical theological treatise. An account of Burgess, however, describes him as indiscreet and partial when defending some cherished opinion or principle. Burgess published three discourses trying to prove to the Royal Society of Literature that Milton was not the author of the manuscript in question on the grounds that it was not anti-Catholic enough.

Freed from Sabbath observance. 7:295; cf. 6:351-55, 704-15. Adult baptism. 7:298; cf. 6:544-52. Scripture ...

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