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{{shortShort description|17th Century Puritan Minister}}

|caption = ''The Souldiers Catechisme''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=07Q6AQAAMAAJ&dqq=robert+ram&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=robert+ram&f=false|title=The Souldiers Catechisms: Composed for the Parliaments Army, Consisting of Two Parts Wherein are Chiefly Taught: 1. the Justification, 2. the Qualifications of Our Souldiers. Written for the Incouragement and Instruction of All that Have Taken Up Armes in this Cause of God and His People, Especially the Common Souldiers|first=Robert|last=Ram|date=April 29, 1644|publisher=J. Wright|via=Google Books}}</ref>}}

'''Robert Ram''' (c.1595-1656) was an [[Anglican]] priest in the early seventeenth century. He was a younger son of [[Thomas Ram]].,<ref>{{DNB|prescript=|wstitle=Ram, Thomas}}</ref>, [[Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin]].

Robert Ram went to [[Trinity College Dublin]]. He was awarded a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1611, [[Master of Arts]] in 1614 and became a [[Fellow]] in 1615. He was incorporated as [[Master of Arts]] by the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1615.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sjcarchives.org.uk/institutional/index.php/robert-ram-spalding-anthony-tuckney|title=Robert Ram (Spalding): Anthony Tuckney - St John’sJohn's College Institutional Archives|website=www.sjcarchives.org.uk}}</ref>

He became [[Vicar]] of [[St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding]] in 1626.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|author=Brassington, Case & Seal|title=The History of a Fenland Parish|edition=3rd|year=2004}}</ref>. In 1637 he established a Parish Library,<ref name="auto"/>, the books from which are in the care of [[Spalding Gentlemen's Society]].

During the [[English Civil War]] he was taken from his home by Royalists ("[[Cavalier]]s") and held hostage in [[Crowland]]. He was rescued by [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] regiments commanded by Sir Miles Hubbard, Sir Anthony Irby and [[Oliver Cromwell]],<ref name="auto"/>, following the siege of [[Crowland]] in April 1643.

He was the author of The Soldiers’ Catechism<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=07Q6AQAAMAAJ&dqq=robert+ram&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=robert+ram&f=false|title=The Souldiers Catechisms: Composed for the Parliaments Army, Consisting of Two Parts Wherein are Chiefly Taught: 1. the Justification, 2. the Qualifications of Our Souldiers. Written for the Incouragement and Instruction of All that Have Taken Up Armes in this Cause of God and His People, Especially the Common Souldiers|first=Robert|last=Ram|date=April 29, 1644|publisher=J. Wright|via=Google Books}}</ref> which was issued to the [[New Model Army]], along with [[The Souldiers Pocket Bible]]

compiled by [[Edmund Calamy the Elder]].

John Turner wrote in 1684, in regards to Charles II, that the Soldier’sSoldier's Catechism “was without question none of the meanest instruments in bringing his royal father to the block." <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theonomyresources.blogspot.com/2014/01/confessional-theonomy-part-7-soldiers.html|title=Theonomy Resources: Confessional Theonomy: Part 7: The Soldier's Catechism|date=January 3, 2014}}</ref>

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