John Jewel
John Jewel (alias Jewell) (24 May 1522 – 23 September 1571) was an influential Church of England cleric and theologian, and was Bishop of Salisbury from 1559 to 1571.
Life
John Jewel was born the youngest son of John Jewel of Bowden, and Alice Bellamye in Berrynarbor, Devon on May 24, 1522.
He matriculated to Merton College, Oxford in July 1535.
He was later elected as a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied under the tutelage of Peter Martyr Vermigli.
Theology
In his most famous work, "An Apology of the Church of England", John Jewel argues that it is the Protestants who have been faithful to the Apostolic Deposit of faith, and who represent the truth of the Apostolic Faith, given once for all to the Apostle by Christ himself. In addition to defending Protestant theology from the Scriptures alone, he also levies the testimony of Church Fathers like St. Augustine, St. Ambrose of Milan, and St. John Chrysostom.
Concerning the Lord's Supper he defends the Reformed view of Spiritual Presence, as well as the reception of both the bread and the wine in both kinds, from the Church Fathers, namely, St. Augustine, St. Cyril of Alexandria, and St. John Chrysostom.