San Jacinto Capt
Influential figure in the formation of Christian Identity
About San Jacinto Capt
Lived 1889 – 1964 (aged 75).
San Jacinto Capt (April 21, 1889 As of 1918, he was married and had one child. He co-owned the Center State printing company with another member of the KKK in 1923.
Capt is responsible for converting William Potter Gale to Christian Identity and facilitated his initial training. According to Gale's interviews with journalist Cheri Seymour, Capt began meeting with him in his home in 1953. Gale and Capt began teaching groups together, Gale would teach the Constitution and the Bible, while Capt would teach pyramidology and Egyptology. Capt was the membership and precinct chairman of the Constitution Party, which ran Gale as a write-in candidate for governor of California. Capt headed Gale's campaign.
Capt is also credited with introducing William Potter Gale to Wesley Swift, two of the most notable figures in the formation of Christian Identity from British Israelism. Capt had formed a pyramid study group in Temple City, California. Capt's role in the Southern California emergence of Christian Identity was to provide Swift with an audience that was receptive to the message.
It is likely that Capt was responsible for the initial idea of the Christian Defense League. According to Gale's recollections, it was Capt who conceived of the idea for the CDL. This, according to Gale, occurred sometime between 1957 and 1962.
Capt, along with Wesley Swift, is credited with bringing the two seedline theology into Christian Identity by Jeffrey Weakly in his book The Satanic Seedline, Its Doctrine and History.
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Who was San Jacinto Capt?
influential figure in the formation of Christian Identity
When was San Jacinto Capt born?
San Jacinto Capt was born on 21 April 1889.
When did San Jacinto Capt die?
San Jacinto Capt died on 23 September 1964.
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