James Nayler

James Nayler, with a "B" (blasphemer) branded on his forehead.

James Nayler (or Naylor; 1618–1660) was an English Quaker leader. He was among the members of the Valiant Sixty, a group of early Quaker preachers and missionaries. In 1656, Nayler achieved national notoriety when he re-enacted Christ's Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem by entering Bristol on a horse. He was imprisoned and charged with blasphemy.[1]

  1. ^ Nicolas Walter, Blasphemy: Ancient and Modern. London: Rationalist Press Association, 1990.

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