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Crowley, Joseph
1518 - Born in Gloucestershire, England.
- Crowley, who was educated at, and later fellow of, Magdalen College,
1550 - His writings include The Way to Wealth, in which he attributed the government's failure to stop enclosure of common land to the organized resistance of the rich.
1548 - An informacion and Peticion agaynst the oppressours of the pore Commons of this Realme, remarkable for its attack on the “more than Turkish tyranny” of the landlords and capitalists of that day
1566 - A briefe discourse against the outwarde apparell and Ministring garmentes of the popishe church and three works in verse.
1551 - His own printing office but abandoned printing when ordained.
1566 - He was incumbent of various London parishes, though his objection to surplices caused his deprivation and imprisonment.
1588 - Died on the 18th of June.
- Crowley, who was educated at, and later fellow of, Magdalen College,
1550 - His writings include The Way to Wealth, in which he attributed the government's failure to stop enclosure of common land to the organized resistance of the rich.
1548 - An informacion and Peticion agaynst the oppressours of the pore Commons of this Realme, remarkable for its attack on the “more than Turkish tyranny” of the landlords and capitalists of that day
1566 - A briefe discourse against the outwarde apparell and Ministring garmentes of the popishe church and three works in verse.
1551 - His own printing office but abandoned printing when ordained.
1566 - He was incumbent of various London parishes, though his objection to surplices caused his deprivation and imprisonment.
1588 - Died on the 18th of June.
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- "Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor point: every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. This is unpleasant for every man. Consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrifice anything that he has if he could reverse the sentence. Practically all religions and all philosophies have started thus crudely, by promising their adherents some such reward as immortality. No religion has failed hitherto by not promising enough; the present breaking up of all religions is due to the fact that people have asked to see the securities. Men have even renounced the important material advantages which a well-organized religion may confer upon a State, rather than acquiesce in fraud or falsehood, or even in any system which, if not proved guilty, is at least unable to demonstrate its innocence. Being more or less bankrupt, the best thing that we can do is to attack the problem afresh without preconceived ideas. Let us begin by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of subjecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions? Let us examine the question."
