Robert Hall, the elder explained

Robert Hall, the elder (1728–1791) was an English Particular Baptist minister, known as an proponent of Fullerism and an opponent of so-called hyper-Calvinism.

Life

Hall was a pastor at Arnesby in Leicestershire. His ministry extended into parts of Warwickshire.^[1]

Works

Help to Zion's Travellers (1781) analysed doctrinal difficulties facing Baptists of the older hyper-Calvinist school in accepting his views.^[2] Influential in that school were the teachings of Tobias Crisp, Richard Davis, and Joseph Hussey, through John Brine and John Gill.^[3]

Family

Hall married Jane Catchaside, and they had a family of 14 children. The youngest of those, Robert Hall, the younger, was also a Baptist minister, and became better known than his father.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Alan Betteridge. Deep Roots, Living Branches: A History of Baptists in the English Western Midlands. 1 August 2010. Troubador Publishing Ltd. 978-1-84876-277-0. 77.
2. Book: James Leo Garrett. Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study. 2009. Mercer University Press. 978-0-88146-129-9. 166.
3. Book: William H. Brackney. Historical Dictionary of the Baptists. 13 April 2009. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6282-1. 572.
4. 11982. Hall, Robert. Rosemary. Chadwick.