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'''Philip Mauro''' (1859-1952) was a lawyer and author. <ref>http://www.schoettlepublishing.com/catalog/mauro.htm</ref><ref>http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/m/mauro-philip.html</ref>
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'''Philip Mauro''' (January 7, 1859 – April 7, 1952) was an American [[lawyer]] and author.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philip Mauro | work = Plymouth Brethren Archive|url = https://www.brethrenarchive.org/people/philip-mauro/ |accessdate= 2023-06-20}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Philip Mauro was a lawyer who practiced before the Supreme Court. One of the most important occasions where his legal work was requisitioned was in connection with the famous Tennessee-[[Scopes trial]] in 1925. The brief or argument which Bryan used, and thereby won the case, was prepared by Philip Mauro.


Philip Mauro was also a writer. His works includes God's Pilgrims, The Church, the Churches and the Kingdom, The Hope of Israel, Ruth, the Satisfied Stranger, The Wonders of Bible Chronology, The Last Call to the Godly Remnant, More Than a Prophet, Dispensationalism Justifies the Crucifixion and Things Which Soon Must Come to Pass.
Mauro was born in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>Alexander, Jon. (1983). ''American Personal Religious Accounts, 1600-1980: Toward an Inner History of America's Faiths''. E. Mellen Press. p. 267</ref> He was a lawyer who practiced before the Supreme Court, a patent attorney, and a Christian writer. He prepared briefs for the [[Scopes Trial]]. His works include ''God's Pilgrims'', [https://archive.org/details/lifeinword00mauruoft ''Life in the Word''], ''The Church'', ''The Churches and the Kingdom'', [https://archive.org/details/MN41649ucmf_5 ''The Hope of Israel''], ''Ruth'', ''The Satisfied Stranger'', ''The Wonders of Bible Chronology'', [https://archive.org/details/worlditsgod00maur ''The World and its God''], ''The Last Call to the Godly Remnant'', ''More Than a Prophet'', ''Dispensationalism Justifies the Crucifixion'', [https://archive.org/details/evolutionatbar00maur ''Evolution at the Bar''] and ''Of Things Which Soon Must Come to Pass''.

In his 1921 work, ''The Seventy Weeks: And the Great Tribulation'', Mauro argued that [[Herod the Great]] was the "wilful king" of [[Daniel 11]]:36.

Mauro was a [[Creationism|creationist]] and authored an anti-evolution book entitled ''Evolution at the Bar'' (1922).<ref>McIver, Thomas Allen. (1989). [https://ncse.com/files/pub/library/Theses/McIver%2C%20Tom%20-%20Creationism%20-%20Intellectual%20Origins%2C%20Cultural%20Context%2C%20and%20Theoretical%20Diversity.pdf ''Creationism: Intellectual Origins, Cultural Context, and Theoretical Diversity'']. University of California, Los Angeles.</ref>

He married Emily Johnston Rockwood in 1882 and had two daughters, Margaret Frances Mauro (1882–1948) and Isabel Rockwood Mauro (later Mrs. Charles Stratton French). Together with his daughter Margaret, Mauro was a passenger on the British ocean liner [[RMS Carpathia|RMS ''Carpathia'']] when it rescued the passengers of the [[RMS Titanic|''Titanic'']] in April 1912.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hull-daily-mail-carpathia-passengers-ti/157214620/ |title=Carpathia Passenger's Titanic Sermon |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |page=4 |date=1912-05-30 |access-date=2024-10-15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Philip Mauro died in [[Staunton, Virginia]] on April 7, 1952, and was buried at Masonic Cemetery in [[Culpeper, Virginia|Culpeper]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/culpeper-star-exponent-philip-mauro-att/157214815/ |title=Philip Mauro, Attorney and Scholar, Succumbs |newspaper=[[The Culpeper Exponent]] |page=4 |date=1952-04-10 |access-date=2024-10-15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


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Philip Mauro
Born(1859-01-07)January 7, 1859
St. Louis, Missouri, US
DiedApril 7, 1952(1952-04-07) (aged 93)
Staunton, Virginia, US
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis

Philip Mauro (January 7, 1859 – April 7, 1952) was an American lawyer and author.[1]

Biography

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Mauro was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] He was a lawyer who practiced before the Supreme Court, a patent attorney, and a Christian writer. He prepared briefs for the Scopes Trial. His works include God's Pilgrims, Life in the Word, The Church, The Churches and the Kingdom, The Hope of Israel, Ruth, The Satisfied Stranger, The Wonders of Bible Chronology, The World and its God, The Last Call to the Godly Remnant, More Than a Prophet, Dispensationalism Justifies the Crucifixion, Evolution at the Bar and Of Things Which Soon Must Come to Pass.

In his 1921 work, The Seventy Weeks: And the Great Tribulation, Mauro argued that Herod the Great was the "wilful king" of Daniel 11:36.

Mauro was a creationist and authored an anti-evolution book entitled Evolution at the Bar (1922).[3]

He married Emily Johnston Rockwood in 1882 and had two daughters, Margaret Frances Mauro (1882–1948) and Isabel Rockwood Mauro (later Mrs. Charles Stratton French). Together with his daughter Margaret, Mauro was a passenger on the British ocean liner RMS Carpathia when it rescued the passengers of the Titanic in April 1912.[4]

Philip Mauro died in Staunton, Virginia on April 7, 1952, and was buried at Masonic Cemetery in Culpeper.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Philip Mauro". Plymouth Brethren Archive. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. ^ Alexander, Jon. (1983). American Personal Religious Accounts, 1600-1980: Toward an Inner History of America's Faiths. E. Mellen Press. p. 267
  3. ^ McIver, Thomas Allen. (1989). Creationism: Intellectual Origins, Cultural Context, and Theoretical Diversity. University of California, Los Angeles.
  4. ^ "Carpathia Passenger's Titanic Sermon". Hull Daily Mail. May 30, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Philip Mauro, Attorney and Scholar, Succumbs". The Culpeper Exponent. April 10, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved October 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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