Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer, he was a major Calvinist opponent of which English Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism?
Augustus Toplady Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone", "Deathless Principle, Arise" and "Object of My First Desire" – are still occasionally sung today, though all three are far less popular than "Rock of Ages".
George Pretyman Tomline Sir George Pretyman Tomline, 5th Baronet (born George Pretyman; 9 October 1750 – 14 November 1827) was an English clergyman, theologian, Bishop of Lincoln and then Bishop of Winchester, and confidant of William Pitt the Younger. He was an opponent of Catholic emancipation.