Editing Benjamin Hoadly (section)

==Life==
He was educated at [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]] and ordained a priest in 1700.<ref name="ACAD">{{acad|id=HDLY691B|name=Hoadly, Benjamin}}</ref> He was rector of [[St Peter le Poer|St Peter-le-Poer]], [[London]], from 1704 to 1724, and of St Leonard's, Streatham, from 1710 to 1723.<ref>List of Rectors of St Leonard's: http://www.stleonard-streatham.org.uk/rector.html</ref> His participation in controversy began at the beginning of his career, when he advocated conformity of the religious rites from the [[Church of Scotland|Scottish]] and [[Church of England|English]] churches for the sake of union. He became a leader of the [[low church]] and found favour with the [[British Whig Party|Whig]] party.

He battled with [[Francis Atterbury]], who was the spokesman for the [[high church]] group and [[Tory (political faction)|Tory]] leader on the subject of passive obedience and non-resistance (i.e. obedience of divines that would not involve swearing allegiance or changing their eucharistic rites but would also not involve denunciation of the [[Established Church]] practices). The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], dominated by Whigs, recommended him to [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], and he became rector of [[Streatham]] in 1710. When [[George I of Great Britain|George I]] succeeded to the throne, he became chaplain to the King and made bishop of Bangor in 1716. He took up the See on the [[confirmation of bishops|confirmation]] of his [[canonical election|election]], at [[St&nbsp;Mary-le-Bow]] on 17 March 1716.<ref>''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales, and of the chief officers in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge...'' 1066–1857 edited by Joyce M. Horn as archived at [[WikiSource]] ([https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/149 p.&nbsp;107])</ref>

In 1717, his sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" provoked the Bangorian controversy.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=13375|title=Hoadly, Benjamin}}</ref> He was then translated three more times, taking up different bishoprics. He maintained that the [[eucharist]] was purely a commemorative act without any divine intervention. During his time as bishop, he rarely visited his dioceses and lived, instead, in London, where he was very active in politics.

From later summer 1722 to January 1725 Hoadly published letters on contemporary topics, articulating his Whig principles and defending the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688.<ref>Reed Browning, ‘Benjamin Hoadly, the Court Whig as Controversialist’, ''Political and Constitutional Ideas of the Court Whigs'' (Louisiana State University Press, 1982) p. 69.</ref> The Revolution had created "''that Limited Form of Government'' which is our only Security" and such a government secured freedom of expression, without which Britons would suffer "all the ''Mischiefs'', of ''Darkness'' in the ''Intellectual'' World, of ''Baseness'' in the ''Moral'' World, and of ''Slavery'' in the ''Political'' World".<ref>Browning, pp. 69–70.</ref> Hoadly also criticised the [[James Francis Edward Stuart|Pretender]], who issued a declaration that he would extinguish opposition. Hoadly wrote that he would impose uniformity on all if he ruled: "Not only that he ''must'' destroy your ''Civil'' and ''Religious'' Rights, but that he plainly before-hand has here ''told'' You, ''to your Face'', He will do so".<ref>Browning, pp. 71–72.</ref>

[[William Hogarth]] (1697–1764) painted his portrait as Bishop of Winchester and "Prelate of the Most Noble [[Order of the Garter]]" about 1743, etched by [[Bernard Baron]] (1696–1762). Hoadly's son [[Benjamin Hoadly (physician)|Benjamin]] aided Hogarth with his ''[[The Analysis of Beauty]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Nichols|title=Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth: With a Catalogue of His Works Chronologically Arranged; and Occasional Remarks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UucDZXpSQLIC&pg=PA51|access-date=2 July 2013|year=1785|publisher=John Nichols|page=51}}</ref>