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Peter Sterry (1613–1672) was an English independent theologian, associated with the Cambridge Platonists prominent during the English Civil War era. He was chaplain to Parliamentarian general Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke and then Oliver Cromwell, a member of the Westminster Assembly,〔(), (), as Sterrey.〕 and a leading radical Puritan preacher attached to the English Council of State. He was made fun of in ''Hudibras''.〔(); Canto I of Book III.〕 ==Life== He went to St. Olave's Grammar School, Southwark.〔(St Olave's London – Founded 1571 )〕 He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, from 1636, where he had studied since 1629; but gave up the fellowship quite soon.〔Christopher Hill, ''Milton and the English Revolution'', p. 42.〕 He preached to Parliament on important occasions: in 1649 after the surrender of Drogheda and Waterford,〔(Hill, ''A Nation of Change and Novelty (1990), p. 188 )〕 in 1651 after the battle of Worcester. His sermons, widely allusive,〔''Reverend Peter Sterry, a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, regularly used pagan mythology, especially Ovid, in his sermons and was known to carry Aquinas, Boehme, Shakespeare and Ovid with him when he traveled.''()〕 were considered opaque: David Masson quotes a contemporary opinion: After the Restoration, he retired to a community in East Sheen.〔(The Cambridge Platonists (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2004 Edition) )〕 He took part in preaching, for example at Hackney〔(Hackney – Protestant Nonconformity | British History Online )〕 and conventicles.〔CDNB〕 He is commemorated by a stained glass window in the chapel of Emmanuel College,〔().〕 which has an archive of unpublished writings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Sterry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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