Theophilus Evans
Theophilus Evans (February 1693 – 11 September 1767) was a Welsh clergyman and historian.
Life[]
Evans' father was from Pen-y-wenallt and he was christened in the church in Llandygwydd in Cardiganshire in 1693.[1]
Evans served curacies in Brecknockshire and incumbencies in both counties. He is best known for his work Drych y Prif Oesoedd (Mirror of the Early Centuries) (1716; revised ed. 1740) where with some literary talent but with an absence of critical method (mixing history with legend) he endeavours to justify the independent origins of British Christianity.[2] Evans was supported by , the squire of . In 1727, Evans became the private chaplain of Marmaduke Gwynne, Sackville's heir, but they eventually parted because of Gwynne's support for Howell Harris and the Methodist cause.[3]
Works[]
- Drych y Prif Oesoedd (1716)
- A History of Modern Enthusiasm (1752)
Bibliography[]
- Theophilus Evans: Drych y Prif Oesoedd (ed. Garfield H.Hughes, 1961)
Sources[]
- ^ Theophilus Evans, Welsh Biography online, retrieved 26 September 2013
- ^ Welsh Biography; online
- ^ Marmaduke Gwynne (1691-1769) A Methodist Squire Archived 13 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, llgc.org.uk
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