This Day in UU History

May 28

Free Crypte School

1655 – Unitarian John Biddle was freed from prison in England, having served six months for writing the Two-fold Catechism. “Two-fold” referred to his inclusion in the volume of a catechism for adults and a second one for children. The Two-fold Catechism advocated Unitarian doctrine, at that time a criminal offense in England. He was master of the Free Crypte School, attached to the St. Mary-de-Crypt Church in Gloucester, which was founded for the teaching of poor scholars.

Copyright Skinner House Books, 2004. This Day in Unitarian Universalist History by Frank Schulman is available at www.uuabookstore.org