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John Ellis (theologian)
English clergyman
John Ellis (1606?–1681) was an English clergyman, known as the author of Vindiciæ Catholicæ.
Life
He was Fellow of St.
Catharine Hall, Cambridge,[1] university proctor, and chaplain to Archbishop George Abbot. At the outbreak of the First English Civil War he took sides with the parliament, and was appointed to preach the fast sermon on 22 February 1643.[2] His next work Vindiciæ Catholicæ was widely discussed.[3]Samuel Hudson replied with ‘A Vindication’ in 1650.
By 1659, when holding a third portion of the rectory of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, Ellis become a royalist.
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In the preface to a short work ‘The Pastor and the Clerk; or a Debate (real) concerning Infant-Baptisme,’ published in June of that year, he regretted his contributions to the recent turmoil and the publication of Vindiciæ Catholicæ.
He also announced his ‘Retractations and Repentings’ on the title-page. He was allowed to reta