Cassels, Walter Richard

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Walter Richard Cassels

1826-1907

Walter Richard Cassels

(4 September 1826 − 10 June 1907)

*Supernatural Religion, etc. London, 1874. 2 vols.; Vol. III in 1877. Many editions. (BCW 1:449).

Author of the anonymously published Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation (1874), expanded and revised in later editions. (BCW 4:638).

English theological critic (1826-1907), formerly a merchant in Bombay. His anonymously published Supernatural Religion (1874, with a third volume in 1877) questioned miracles and the authenticity of the New Testament and provoked a prolonged controversy with J. B. Lightfoot. (BCW 6:430-431).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Касселс, Уолтер Ричард
• Wikipedia: Walter Richard Cassels

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To show: Walter Richard Cassels; sortable: Cassels, Walter Richard
Person's short name: W. R. Cassels; sortable: Cassels, W. R.; for categories: Cassels W.R.
Lifetime: 1826-1907
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• Supernatural Religion, etc. London, 1874. 2 vols.; Vol. III in 1877. Many editions. <span style...