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Hoadly, Benjamin (hōd`lē), 1676–1761, English prelate, center of the Bangorian Controversy Bangorian Controversy (băng-gô`rēən)
..... Click the link for more information. within the Church of England. He was a leader in the Low Church group. In 1715 he was appointed bishop of Bangor, Wales, and chaplain to George I. His pamphlet, A Preservative against the Principles and Practices of the Non-Jurors (1716), and especially his sermon (1717) before the king on the text "My kingdom is not of this world," in which he maintained that Jesus had not delegated authority to ecclesiastics, started the Bangorian Controversy. The ablest replies to Hoadly were those of William Law Law, William, 1686–1761, English clergyman, noted for his controversial, devotional, and mystical writings. One of the nonjurors , Law was deprived of his fellowship in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and lost all chances for advancement in the church.
..... Click the link for more information. . Hoadly was transferred to Hereford (1721), to Salisbury (1723), and to Winchester (1734).