latitudinarian

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He strenuously inculcated the views of Christian doctrine most opposed to those of the Latitudinarian party.

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel

Latitudinarian opinions revived, and the church was regarded merely as a human institution.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

He had no sympathy with the Oxf. movement, was strongly anti-Calvinistic, and somewhat Latitudinarian, so that he was exposed to a good deal of theological odium from opposite quarters.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

One thinks of Chillingworth, Hales, and the rest of that "Latitudinarian" brotherhood; one thinks of Jeremy Taylor; one thinks of the candid Fuller; one thinks even of the Calvinistic Usher.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

The force of such arguments was vividly felt by the whole of that Latitudinarian party in the Church, which numbered at the end of the seventeenth century so many distinguished names.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)