1774 - 1841
John Elias Welsh Writer
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| First Name |
John
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| Last Name |
Elias
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| Birthday |
6th May, 1774
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| Birthplace |
Abererch, near Pwllheli
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| Died |
8th June, 1841
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| Place of Death |
Llangefni, Anglesey
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
Welsh
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| Occupation |
Writer
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John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". On one occasion it is said he preached to a crowd of 10,000 people. He was a strict High-Calvinist who believed in the literal truth of the Bible. At one stage he argued strongly for the doctrine of election. He came to be known as Y Pab Methodistaidd in Welsh (The Methodist Pope) because of his forthright views. Despite his wide interests, he was a religious conservative who opposed all forms of political Radicalism as well as the assertion, popular at the time amongst Nonconformists in Wales, that "the voice of the people was the voice of God".
