Christian Advocate

An office at the University of Cambridge, established under the will of the Revd. John Hulse, to defend Christianity against contemporary objections, particularly those arising from atheism, deism, and religious controversy. The first Christian Advocate was appointed in 1803, and the office was held by a succession of Cambridge theologians, including William Hodge Mill, Hugh James Rose, and Charles Hardwick. In 1860 the office was replaced by the Hulsean Professorship of Divinity, later incorporated into the Norris-Hulse Professorship. The term is therefore chiefly historical.