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Edmund Jones (preacher)
Edmund Jones (1702–1793) (also known as Yr Hen Broffwyd (The Old Prophet) was a Welsh Dissenting Minister, itinerant preacher, spiritualist, historian and writer. As leading religious figure, Jones is remembered for his role in the eighteenth-century religious Revival and his debates on the movements theology.
As a writer, Jones is notable for his topographical works on the Gwent valleys, his recording of Welsh folklore and his sincere belief in the existence of spirits and supernatural creatures in the age of enlightenment, a belief which brought much ridicule from other Welsh intellectuals of his time.
Jones was born in the ancient parish of Aberystruth, on 1 April 1702. He was the son of John and Catherine Lewis of Pen-llwyn (a small farm near today's Nantyglo railway station). Jones' parents were members of the Independent church at Penmaen where he began preaching in 1722, gaining recognition for his part in the public debates on adult baptism in 1727 and 1728.
Jones was ordained as a Minister of the chapel at Penmaen in 1734, and would continue ministering to this congregation even after his move to Pontypool in July 1740. According to George Whitefield, Jones sold his books for £15 in order to complete the building of his new Pontypool Meeting house at Transh.
As a Minister of the chapel at Penmaen, Jones was noted as a zealous Evangelical and Calvinist. In March 1738, Jones was responsible for inviting Howell Harris to preach to his congregation, the first time Harris had preached in Monmouthshire. This would prove to be a key event in the early Welsh Methodist revival, as many of the independent leaders in the county would be subsequently converted to Harris's cause.
Jones actively encouraged new societies at Defynnog and Neath, to form themselves into Independent churches, as Jones was fearful that the rapid progress of Methodism throughout Nonconformists society would eventually draw many of them to the Established Church.
This was a divergence from Harris who wanted Methodists to join the established church with the hope that they would reform the established institutions from within. Despite these differences, the two remained friends until Harris's death and Jones would continue to be admired by Whitefield and by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon.
"If any think I am too credulous in these relations and speak of things of which I myself have had no experience I must let them know they are mistaken."
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Edmund Jones (preacher)
Edmund Jones (1702–1793) (also known as Yr Hen Broffwyd (The Old Prophet) was a Welsh Dissenting Minister, itinerant preacher, spiritualist, historian and writer. As leading religious figure, Jones is remembered for his role in the eighteenth-century religious Revival and his debates on the movements theology.
As a writer, Jones is notable for his topographical works on the Gwent valleys, his recording of Welsh folklore and his sincere belief in the existence of spirits and supernatural creatures in the age of enlightenment, a belief which brought much ridicule from other Welsh intellectuals of his time.
Jones was born in the ancient parish of Aberystruth, on 1 April 1702. He was the son of John and Catherine Lewis of Pen-llwyn (a small farm near today's Nantyglo railway station). Jones' parents were members of the Independent church at Penmaen where he began preaching in 1722, gaining recognition for his part in the public debates on adult baptism in 1727 and 1728.
Jones was ordained as a Minister of the chapel at Penmaen in 1734, and would continue ministering to this congregation even after his move to Pontypool in July 1740. According to George Whitefield, Jones sold his books for £15 in order to complete the building of his new Pontypool Meeting house at Transh.
As a Minister of the chapel at Penmaen, Jones was noted as a zealous Evangelical and Calvinist. In March 1738, Jones was responsible for inviting Howell Harris to preach to his congregation, the first time Harris had preached in Monmouthshire. This would prove to be a key event in the early Welsh Methodist revival, as many of the independent leaders in the county would be subsequently converted to Harris's cause.
Jones actively encouraged new societies at Defynnog and Neath, to form themselves into Independent churches, as Jones was fearful that the rapid progress of Methodism throughout Nonconformists society would eventually draw many of them to the Established Church.
This was a divergence from Harris who wanted Methodists to join the established church with the hope that they would reform the established institutions from within. Despite these differences, the two remained friends until Harris's death and Jones would continue to be admired by Whitefield and by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon.
"If any think I am too credulous in these relations and speak of things of which I myself have had no experience I must let them know they are mistaken."