Dunbar Isidore Heath (3 March 1816, in

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– 27 May 1888) was an English clergyman prosecuted for heresy in 1861; he was a

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Life

Dunbar Heath was the third son of George Heath, serjeant-at-law. He was educated at

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, where he was elected scholar in 1836, and graduated B.A. in 1838. From 1840 to 1847 he was a fellow of Trinity. As a recognized authority on

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, he was one of the early translators of the

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in the

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. In 1852 Heath wrote ''The Future Human Kingdom of Christ'', in which he distinguished the “saved nations from the glorified saints” by outlining an early concept of “the two salvations.” He was prosecuted for heresy in 1861 by the

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and sentenced by the

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for publishing these ideas. He would not recant and tried to appeal his sentence by attempting to defend his character and doctrine from the Scriptures through the writing of several booklets. All of this failed and as a result of this prosecution he suffered not only the loss of his profession, but sustained heavy financial losses as well. Heath edited the ''Journal of Anthropology''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heath, Dunbar Isidore English Egyptologists Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge British Christian writers Heresy in Christianity Protestant writers 1816 births 1888 deaths