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<p> Johnson, John (1), </p> <p> an eminent and learned divine of the Church of England, was born Dec. 30, 1662. He was educated at King's School, in the city of Canterbury, and at St. Mary [[Magdalen]] College, Cambridge. Soon after graduation (1682) he was nominated by the dean and chapter of [[Canterbury]] to a scholarship in Corpus [[Christi]] College, and there took the degree of master of arts in 1685. [[Shortly]] after he entered into deacon's orders, and became curate to [[Thomas]] Hardres, at Hardres, near Canterbury. In 1686 he became vicar of Boughton under the Bleam, and in 1687 he held the vicarage of Hermhill, adjoining to Boughton. In 1697 he obtained the living of St. John, in the [[Isle]] of Thanet, which he shortly after exchanged for that of Appledon and in 1707 he was inducted to the vicarage of Cranbrook. He died in 1725. His works display the highest scholarship, a mastery both, of the Greek and [[Hebrew]] languages, and a deep research into the [[Holy]] Scriptures. His Unbloody [[Sacrifice]] (London, 1714, 8vo; latest ed. Oxf. 1847, 2 vols. 8vo) is the most complete work on the Eucharist, considered as a sacrifice, extant, particularly on account of its large collection of authorities from the fathers. which are printed in full. These are cited to prove that the [[Eucharist]] is a proper material sacrifice; that it is both eucharistic and propitiatory; that it is to be offered by proper officers; that the oblation is to be made on a proper altar; that it is to be consumed by manducation; together with arguments to prove that what our [[Savior]] speaks concerning eating his flesh and drinking his blood in the 6th chapter of St. John's [[Gospel]] is principally meant of the Eucharist. This publication, having involved him in a bitter controversy on account of its High Church views, induced him to publish, in 1717, The Unbloody Sacrifice, and [[Altar]] unveiled and supported, part 2, showing the agreement and disagreement of the Eucharist with the sacrifices of the ancients, and the excellency of the former; the great importance of the Eucharist both as a feast and a sacrifice; the necessity of frequent communion; the unity of the Eucharist; the nature of excommunication; the primitive method of preparation, with devotions for the altar. His other works are, A [[Collection]] of all [[Ecclesiastical]] Laws, etc., concerning the Government, etc., of the Church of [[England]] (Lond. 1720, 2 vols. 8vo; Oxford, 1850-51, 2 vols. 8vo): '''''—''''' A Collection of Discourses, etc. (Lond. 1728 2 vols. 8vo): '''''—''''' .The Psalter, or Holy David and his old English Translators cleared (London, 1707, 8vo). See Life, by Rev. Thos. Brett Hook, Eccles. Dict. s.v.; Allibone. Dict. Engl. and Am. Auth. 2, s.v. (E.deP.) </p>
<p> Johnson, John (2), </p> <p> an able and popular minister of the [[Methodist]] Episcopal Church, born in Louisa Co., Va., Jan. 7, 1783; joined the Church in 1807, and entered the [[Conference]] at [[Liberty]] Hill, [[Tennessee]] in 1808. Two years after he removed to Kentucky, and was appointed first to the Sandy River Circuit, and in 1811 to Natchez Circuit. His early educational advantages had been few, and when he entered the ministry of his Church he can hardly be said to have possessed a fair English education; but unremitting efforts to gain knowledge at last made him one of the best scholars of his Conference. Thus, while at the Natchez Circuit, he displayed an extensive knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew, of which no one had believed him to have an idea even, and from that time he began to rise rapidly in the estimation of his colleagues. He now took rank with. Lakin, Sale, Page, Blackman, and Oglesby, and was regarded by many as the most remarkable preacher of the West. In 1812 he was appointed to the [[Nashville]] Circuit; then successively to the Livingston, Christian, and Goose Creek, and finally again to the Livingston Circuit; and in 1818 he was sent to the Nashville Station. While here he engaged in a controversy on the question of immersion with the [[Baptist]] preacher Vardeman, in which he is generally believed to have come off victor; at least from this event dates his great popularity in the West. "Henceforth," says Redford (Methodism in Kentucky, 2, 143), "the name of John Johnson was the synonym of success in religious controversies." From 1820 he filled successively the Red River, Hopkinsville, and Russellville Circuits, and in 1823 he was stationed at Louisville, and in 1824 at Maysville, and, after several years of rest, was in 1831 appointed presiding elder of the Green River, and in 1832 of Hopkinsville District. In 1835 he was finally located, and he now removed to Mt.Vernon, Illinois. Here he died April 9, 1858. "As a Christian," says the Western [[Christian]] [[Advocate]] (May 26, 1858), "brother Johnson was consistent, exemplary, and deeply devoted. '''''‘''''' [[Holiness]] to the Lord' appears to have been his motto. He died in great peace, testifying, as his flesh and heart failed, that God was the strength of his heart and his portion forever." (J.H.W.) </p>


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<ref name="term_46292"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/johnson,+john+(1) John Johnson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_46293"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/johnson,+john+(2) John Johnson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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John Johnson [1]

Johnson, John (2),

an able and popular minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, born in Louisa Co., Va., Jan. 7, 1783; joined the Church in 1807, and entered the Conference at Liberty Hill, Tennessee in 1808. Two years after he removed to Kentucky, and was appointed first to the Sandy River Circuit, and in 1811 to Natchez Circuit. His early educational advantages had been few, and when he entered the ministry of his Church he can hardly be said to have possessed a fair English education; but unremitting efforts to gain knowledge at last made him one of the best scholars of his Conference. Thus, while at the Natchez Circuit, he displayed an extensive knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew, of which no one had believed him to have an idea even, and from that time he began to rise rapidly in the estimation of his colleagues. He now took rank with. Lakin, Sale, Page, Blackman, and Oglesby, and was regarded by many as the most remarkable preacher of the West. In 1812 he was appointed to the Nashville Circuit; then successively to the Livingston, Christian, and Goose Creek, and finally again to the Livingston Circuit; and in 1818 he was sent to the Nashville Station. While here he engaged in a controversy on the question of immersion with the Baptist preacher Vardeman, in which he is generally believed to have come off victor; at least from this event dates his great popularity in the West. "Henceforth," says Redford (Methodism in Kentucky, 2, 143), "the name of John Johnson was the synonym of success in religious controversies." From 1820 he filled successively the Red River, Hopkinsville, and Russellville Circuits, and in 1823 he was stationed at Louisville, and in 1824 at Maysville, and, after several years of rest, was in 1831 appointed presiding elder of the Green River, and in 1832 of Hopkinsville District. In 1835 he was finally located, and he now removed to Mt.Vernon, Illinois. Here he died April 9, 1858. "As a Christian," says the Western Christian Advocate (May 26, 1858), "brother Johnson was consistent, exemplary, and deeply devoted. ‘ Holiness to the Lord' appears to have been his motto. He died in great peace, testifying, as his flesh and heart failed, that God was the strength of his heart and his portion forever." (J.H.W.)

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  1. ↑ John Johnson from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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