Edward Worsley Explained

Edward Worsley (1605 – 2 September 1676) was an English Jesuit writer and professor.

Life

Worsley was born in Lancashire, England, 1605. His cousin was the prioress Anne Worsley.^[1] He is said to have been educated at Oxford, but his name does not occur in the University Registers, and it is equally uncertain that he took Anglican orders. Having become a Jesuit on 7 September 1626,^[2] he studied at Liège, where he subsequently became a professor of philosophy, logic, and Scripture, winning a great reputation for talent and erudition. He was made a professed father 20 September 1641. Having laboured for a time in London, he became rector of the college at Liège from 1658 till 1662, where he was made procurator at the professed house at Antwerp.

He died at Antwerp, 2 September 1676.

Works

His chief works, mostly written against Edward Stillingfleet, are:

• "Truth will out" (1665);
• "Protestancy without Principles" (1668);
• "Reason and Religion" (1672);
• "The Infallibility of the Roman Catholic Church" (1674);
• "A Discourse of Miracles" (1676);
• "Anti-Goliath" (1678), published after his death.

References

Attribution

Notes and References

1. Worsley, Anne [name in religion Anne of the Ascension] (1588–1644), founding prioress of the English Carmelite convent, Antwerp ]. 2014. 10.1093/ref:odnb/105826. Hallett. Nicky.
2. [s:Worsley, Edward (DNB00)|Edward Worsley at Wikisource]