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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47656" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47656" /> == | ||
<p> an English reformer, lived in the reign of | <p> an English reformer, lived in the reign of Henry the Eighth, and was for a time minister of an English company at Antwerp. After his return to [[England]] he was charged with heresy because he rejected the dogma of transubstantiation. He was tried before the king and bishops, and, upon refusing to recant, was burned at Smithfield, November 20, 1538. Lambert was distinguished for his learning. He wrote a [[Treatise]] on the Lord's Supper (edited by John Ball, London, 1538, 16mo): '''''—''''' Treatise on [[Predestination]] and [[Election]] (Canterbury, 1550, 8vo). See Burnet, Hist. of the Reformation, 1:406; Allibone, Dict. Brit. and Amer. Authors, 2:1051. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76072" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76072" /> == | ||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
an English reformer, lived in the reign of Henry the Eighth, and was for a time minister of an English company at Antwerp. After his return to England he was charged with heresy because he rejected the dogma of transubstantiation. He was tried before the king and bishops, and, upon refusing to recant, was burned at Smithfield, November 20, 1538. Lambert was distinguished for his learning. He wrote a Treatise on the Lord's Supper (edited by John Ball, London, 1538, 16mo): — Treatise on Predestination and Election (Canterbury, 1550, 8vo). See Burnet, Hist. of the Reformation, 1:406; Allibone, Dict. Brit. and Amer. Authors, 2:1051.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
One of Cromwell's officers in the civil war, born in Yorkshire; served in the successive engagements during the war from that of Marston Moor onwards, and assisted at the installation of Cromwell as Protector, but declined to take the oath of allegiance afterwards; on the death of the Protector essayed with other officers to govern the country, an attempt which was defeated by Monk, and for which he was imprisoned, tried, and banished (1619-1683).
