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Thomas Church (20 October 1707 – 1756) was a British priest and controversialist.
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Life
Born at Marlborough, Wiltshire on 20 October 1707, he graduated at Brasenose College, Oxford, Bachelor of Arts (BA) 1726, Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) 1731. He was vicar of Battersea from 1740 till his death, 23 December 1756. He also held a prebendal stall at St Paul's Cathedral (3 January 1743/4), and was lecturer at St Anne's, Soho.
Works
His vindication, against Conyers Middleton, of the miraculous powers of the Early Christian church, earned him the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford (1749). He criticised the philosophy of deism, and the Methodists. Besides sermons, he published:
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