Daniel Cosgrove Waterland (14 February 1683, Walesby, Lincolnshire

Walesby, Lincolnshire

Walesby is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England.Walesby forms part of the district of West Lindsey.It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, northeast of Market Rasen and south of Caistor. Tealby parish lies to the southeast...

 – 1740) was an English theologian

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

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Daniel Waterland was born at Walesby

Walesby, Lincolnshire

Walesby is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England.Walesby forms part of the district of West Lindsey.It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, northeast of Market Rasen and south of Caistor. Tealby parish lies to the southeast...

 Rectory, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, and educated in Lincoln and at Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...

, where he graduated BA in 1703 and MA in 1706. He took orders, and obtained various preferments, becoming Master of Magdalene College in 1714, Chancellor of York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

 in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730.

He was an acute and able controversialist on behalf of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity

Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...

, on which he wrote several treatises. He was also the author of a History of the Athanasian Creed

Athanasian Creed

The Athanasian Creed is a Christian statement of belief, focusing on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. The Latin name of the creed, Quicumque vult, is taken from the opening words, "Whosoever wishes." The Athanasian Creed has been used by Christian churches since the sixth century...

(1724).

Works

• A critical history of the Athanasian creed : representing the opinions of antients and moderns concerning it : with an account of the manuscripts, versions, and comments, and such other particulars as are of moment for the determining the age, and author, and value of it, and the time of its reception in the Christian churches, 1724

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