George Stanley Faber
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George Stanley Faber (October 25, 1773 – January 27, 1854) (often written G. S. Faber) was an Anglican theologian who wrote many books on theological subjects. He was a typologist who believed that all the world's myths were corrupted versions of the original stories in the Bible. He was an advocate of Day-Age Theory. He was a contemporary of John Nelson Darby and his writings had an influence on Dispensationalism.
Son of the vicar of Calverley in Yorkshire, England, he studied at University College, Oxford (B.A., 1793; M.A., 1796; B.D., 1803). In 1803, he became curate under his father at Calverley. He was made vicar of Stockton-on-Tees in 1805, moved to Redmarshall in 1808, and was rector of Long Newton from 1811 to 1832. In 1832, he became master of Sherburn Hospital near Durham and devoted much of his income to improving it. He died there in 1854 and was buried in its chapel.
Some of his works include:
- An Inquiry into the History and Theology of the Ancient Vallenses and Albigenses (1838)
- Napoleon III. The Man of Prophecy; Or, the Revival of the French Emperorship Anticipated from the Necessity of Prophecy (1828)
- The Origin of Pagan Idolatry Ascertained from Historical Testimony and Circumstantial Evidence (1816)
- Treatise on the Genius and Object of the Patriarchal, the Levitical, and the Christian Dispensations (1823)
He also coined the following words:
- Astronomicodiluvian
- Fabulize
- Magistratual
- Petrean
- Polyonomy
- Preterist
- Regeneratory
- Triclavianism
[edit] External links
- Works available on-line:
- The Origin of Pagan Idolatry, Vol 1. (2MB PDF.)
- Napoleon III. The Man of Prophecy (Scanned pages, 1859 American edition.)
