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159: 182:, but became more widely known after the proceedings against him. He was brought before the High Commission of the Archdiocese of York in October 1616 to answer charges that he was a radical nonconformist, that he relied on the motion of the spirit and that he thought that all doubt about salvation could be removed from believers. He was also asked to reject fifty erroneous beliefs that he and his followers allegedly held. Brearley seems to have renounced his views and to have promised to conform in future, presumably in order to escape punishment. 189:, twenty miles away. His successor as curate at Grindleton, John Webster (1610-1683), taught ideas similar to Brearley's, and Grindletonianism continued to grow between 1615 and 1640, gaining a large number of followers in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and spinning off other antinomian sects. In 1635 254:
in their beliefs. They thought the Spirit is privileged over the Letter (meaning the Bible), that anyone who has the inner light is qualified to preach, whether ordained or not, and that a person could live without sin and attain Heaven on Earth.
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before Grindletonianism appeared, has been called a religious radical and may have introduced some of the basic concepts of the sect. The community may therefore have held some Grindletonian beliefs before Brearley arrived.
250:: He thought that the power of God's Spirit alone is sufficient to bring a person to salvation. Grindletonians thought that a true Christian who has the Spirit within them does not sin. The Grindletonians were close to the 275:, received the visions that convinced him to launch his sect. A number of other unorthodox sects arose in the region around the same time. It is possible that Fox was influenced by Grindletonian thinking. The Quakers 200:
A preacher named Robert Towne carried the Grindletonian message into western Yorkshire and eastern Lancashire in the 1640s, although he himself disavowed the label. The last known Grindletonian died in the 1680s.
606: 178:(c. 1584–1641) was a friend of Brearley's and may have influenced him. Brearley had a local following, attracting worshippers from the nearby parish of 580: 553: 500: 473: 516: 621: 611: 158: 142:, England, in around 1610. The sect remained active in the North of England until the 1660s. Its most notable leader was 539: 29: 616: 139: 427: 234: 190: 175: 174:
Brearley, who was the curate at Grindleton from 1615 to 1622, was the main leader of the Grindletonians.
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Antinomianism or Grindletonianism may also have had an influence on
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tendency. These nine points are repeated from Denison by
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on 11 February 1627, and published under the title
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Christian organizations established in the 17th century
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Some of Brearley's ideas were probably drawn from the
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Index

Grindletonian
53°54′22″N 2°22′05″W / 53.906°N 2.368°W / 53.906; -2.368
Roger Brearley
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Puritan
Grindleton
West Riding of Yorkshire
Roger Brearley
Antinomian

Kildwick
John Everard
Giggleswick
Kildwick
John Webster
Kildwick
Paul's Cross
St. Catherine Cree
familists
antinomian
Pagitt
Ross
Theologia Germanica
antinomian
Familists
Pendle Hill
George Fox
Quakerism
Francis Howgill

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