Joseph Salmon (writer) facts for kids
Joseph Salmon was an important English writer. He wrote about religion and politics. He lived in the middle of the 1600s.
Joseph Salmon's Life
Joseph Salmon was a soldier in the New Model Army. This was a special army in England during the 1600s. He left the army in 1649.
He wrote a book called A Rout, A Rout. In this book, he shared his thoughts about the leaders of the English Parliament. Because of his writings, he was arrested in 1650. He was sent to prison in Coventry for six months. He was also removed from the Army.
After 1650, Joseph Salmon worked as a minister in Kent for a while. In the middle of 1655, he left Kent and traveled to other countries. Later, he moved to Barbados.
Was He a Ranter?
Joseph Salmon was known by George Fox, who started the Quaker movement. George Fox thought Salmon was one of the Ranters. The Ranters were a group of people with unusual religious ideas at that time.
Today, historians still discuss exactly who the Ranters were. Some think George Fox might have used that name later. A famous historian, Christopher Hill, believed Salmon was part of a quieter, more spiritual group within the Ranters.
Salmon's last known book was Heights in Depths, written in 1651. This book seemed to take back some of his earlier ideas. He wrote it to help get out of jail. After this, he stopped writing books. He later became a Quaker.
His Beliefs
Joseph Salmon had interesting beliefs. He thought that God was present in everything around us. This idea is called pantheism. He also looked at the Bible in a special way. He believed that the stories in the Bible had hidden meanings about the human mind and feelings.
His Writings
Here are some of the books Joseph Salmon wrote:
- Anti-Christ in Man (1647)
- A Rout, A Rout (1649)
- Divinity Anatomized (1649)
- Heights in Depths (1651)
