| 词条 | Robert Finch (priest) |
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Robert Poole Finch (1724-1803) was an English divine. LifeFinch was the son of the Rev. Richard Finch. He was born at Greenwich 3 March 1723-4, entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1736, and was admitted a member of Peterhouse, Cambridge, whence he graduated B.A. in 1743, M.A. in 1747 and D.D. in 1772.[1] He was ordained as a deacon in 1744,[2] and appointed a curate at Greenwich in 1748.[1] On becoming a priest he was chosen to be chaplain of Guy's Hospital, a position he held for 37 years. In 1755 he was appointed to the lectureship of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, which he continued to hold to the time of his death.[2] He was a preacher of some eminence. He published numerous sermons, and, in 1788, a treatise entitled Considerations upon the Use and Abuse of Oaths judicially taken, which passed through many editions and became a standard work among the publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.[3] In it he insisted that oaths should be administered with solemnity, condemned common swearing, and advocated the death sentence for the crime of perjury.[4] In 1771 he was appointed rector of St. Michael's, Cornhill, but resigned in 1784, on becoming rector of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster.[3] Between 1775 and 1802 he was one of the four treasurers of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.[5] In 1781 he was made prebendary of Westminster, and retaining this appointment until his death, 18 May 1803, was buried in the abbey.[3] References1. ^{{CCEd |type=person |id=940 |name=Finch, Robert Pool |yob=1744 |yod=1784 |accessed=4 February 2014 }} 2. ^1 {{cite book|title=St John the Evangelist, Westminster: parochial memorials|year=1892|url=https://archive.org/stream/stjohnevangelist00smit#page/84/mode/2up|last= Smith|first= J.E.|pages=85–6| publisher=Wightman & Co|location=Westminster}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Finch, Robert Poole}} 4. ^{{cite journal|journal=The Critical review: or, Annals of Literature|volume=69|year=1790|title=Divinity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLoPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA355&dq|page=355}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Two Hundred Years: the history of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1698-1898|first1=William Osborne Bird |last1=Allen|first2= Edmund|last2= McClure|year=1970|origyear= reprinted from the 1898 edition|publisher=Lenox Hill|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8337-0044-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7tHc8DCj1YC&pg=PA132&dq|page=132}}
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