The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended

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by Patrick Delany

The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, the One Called, The Question About Eating Blood Stated and Examined, &c. The Other Intitled, The Prohibition of Blood a Temporary Precept

Title page from The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, the One Called, The Question About Eating Blood Stated and Examined, &c. The Other Intitled, The Prohibition of Blood a Temporary Precept, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Patrick Delany
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Published London: C. Rivington
Date 1734
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Language English
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Pages viii, 180 pages
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Patrick Delany (1685/6–1768), an Irishman, attended school at Trinity College in 1701 and was elected scholar in 1704.[1] He went on to get his Masters in 1709 and he began preparing for ordination.[2] By 1728, he had received the chancellorship for the Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin and later added St. Patrick’s, the second-largest cathedral in Dublin.[3] In 1744, he accepted an appointment as the dean of Downs where Delany tried to rectify the wickedness he saw among the people—gambling; excess eating, drinking, and dress; cheating; avarice; and pride.[4] Delany died at Bath, in England, at the age of 82, and was buried in Glasnevin graveyard in Ireland.[5]

The writer of many tracts and pamphlets, Delany composed The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended to explain his reasoning in support of vegetarianism.[6] Delany examines several Bible verses beginning with the story of Noah’s Ark to express his belief that abstinence from blood is clarified in the Bible.[7] Knowing his subject was unpopular, he even states in the preface that this pamphlet will go against many theological views, and that many scholars will disagree completely.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ Alfred Webb, "Patrick Delany" Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office or by Their Writings (Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, 1878), Library Ireland website, accessed October 9, 2013, http://www.libraryireland.com/biography/PatrickDelany.php.
  2. ↑ Toby Barnard, "Delany, Patrick (1685/6–1768)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed October 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ↑ Ibid.
  5. ↑ Webb, "Patrick Delany.”
  6. ↑ Patrick Delany, The Doctrine of Abstinence from Blood Defended. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, the One Called, The Question About Eating Blood Stated and Examined, &c. The Other Intitled, The Prohibition of Blood a Temporary Precept (London: C. Rivington, 1734).
  7. ↑ Ibid.
  8. ↑ Ibid.
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