Muggletonians
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Tue Apr 9 07:29:07 CDT 2002
http://www.georgeglazer.com/maps/celestial/muggs.html
A series of six astronomical engravings in tones of blue, white, yellow,
and green, intended to demonstrate that the earth is at the center of
the universe, based on planetary charts drawn by Isaac Frost, an artist
and scientist associated with a Victorian sect known as the
Muggletonians. They were printed by George Baxter, who employed his
innovative oil color printing technique that permitted subtle
gradations for a glowing effect and engraved by Chubb & Son, London.
The religious sect known as "Muggletonians" were originally formed
during the aftermath of the English Civil War, in the 1650s, by cousins
John Reeve and Lodowick Muggleton. According to Chapter XI of the Book
of Revelations, God will appoint "two witnesses" to preach to the
ungodly world in its final days. Reeves and Muggleton believed that
they were these witnesses. The Muggletonians continued as a group well
into the Victorian era with the last reported member surviving in the
mid 20th Century.
After an early debate with George Fox (1624-91) a Quaker leader in 1654,
here developed a long protracted antagonism between Fox and the
Muggletonians. Reeve also attacked the Baptists' religious positions in
pamphlets.
http://www.exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/muggleton.html
Hallelujah, mama said there would be angels....
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