Thomas Goodwin
17th century Puritan Theologian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Thomas Goodwin, see Thomas Goodwin (disambiguation).
Thomas Goodwin (Rollesby, Norfolk, 5 October 1600 ā 23 February 1680), known as "the Elder", was an English Puritan theologian and preacher, and an important leader of religious Independents. He served as chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, and was appointed by Parliament as President of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1650. Christopher Hill[1] places Goodwin in the "main stream of Puritan thought".