the name given to certain English writers who flourished towards the close of the seventeenth century. It was applied more especially to such men as Hales, Chillingworth, Cudworth, Tillotson, Henry More, &c., who gave a philosophical tone to the principles of their theology. They endeavoured to steer a middle course between the extreme Whigs and Tories of the period; between the strict Presbyterians and Independents on the one hand, and the more intolerant Episcopalians on the other; but were branded by both as deists and atheists, as well as Latitudinarians. Their creed most nearly approximated that of the Dutch Armenians; but, as their name implies, they allowed considerable latitude on theological subjects. The Latitudinarian divines were raised to prominent places during the reign of Charles II. Their cause is defended by Fowler, Bishop of Gloucester, in a work entitled, *The Principles and Practices of certain Modern Divines of the Church of England, abusively called Latitudinarians, Truly Represented and Defended, by way of Dialogue*, Svo, London, 1670.