George Bugg

In his late teens or early twenties he converted to Christianity, being convinced that "the scriptures are strictly and literally true".

Thomas Baxter and then entered St John's College, Cambridge in 1791, earning his B.A.

[citation needed] In 1816 and 1843 Bugg wrote two books on baptism and regeneration to refute the view of Mant and Pusey.

[5] Bugg considered their views to be identical with Roman Catholic teaching and therefore a threat to the doctrine of Justification by faith.

But in the 1830s, when old-earth geology was endorsed without reservation as a substitute to the Genesis record, much disagreement arose.