Portrait of Augustus Montague Toplady

Augustus Montague Toplady

1740 – 1778

Best known as the author of the hymn “Rock of Ages”, Toplady was a Calvinist Anglican cleric and an opponent of John Wesley.

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Toplandy wrote extensively about animal welfare and against the practice of vivisection. He is generally viewed as the first person to put the theological summary known today as “the five points of Calvinism” into print.

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