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Thomas Morgan (died 1743) was an English deist. ==Biography== Morgan was first a dissenter preacher, then a practicer of healing among the Quakers, and finally a writer. He was the author of a large three-volume work entitled ''The Moral Philosopher''. It is a dialogue between a Christian Jew, Theophanus, and a Christian deist, Philalethes. According to Orr, this book did not add many new ideas to the deistic movement, but did vigorously restate and give new illustrations to some of its main ideas.〔 The first volume of ''The Moral Philosopher'' appeared anonymously in the year 1737. It was the most important of the three volumes, the other two being mostly replies to critics of the first volume. John Leland, John Chapman and others answered the first volume of Morgan's book, and it was these answers that prompted Morgan to write the second and third volumes. His particular antipathy was to Judaism and the Old Testament, although he by no means accepted the New Testament. He favored Gnosticism, and called himself a "Christian deist". He asserted that the conflict between the Apostle Paul and Peter in Galatians shows that Paul was a true follower of Jesus whereas Peter and James were not following Jesus' teachings ''à la'' Paul.〔http://www.covenantseminary.edu/worldwide/en/CC310/CC310_T_24.html〕 The positive part of Morgan's teachings included all of the articles of natural religion formulated by Lord Herbert of Cherbury. The negative part of Morgan's work was much more extensive than the positive, and included an attack on the Bible, especially the Old Testament. 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「Thomas Morgan (deist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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