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Augustine Lindsell
Augustine Lindsell (died 6 November 1634) was an English classical scholar and Bishop of Hereford. In church matters he was advanced by Richard Neile, and was a firm supporter of William Laud. As a scholar he influenced Thomas Farnaby. Life He was born at Bumstead-Steeple, Essex. On 4 April 1592, he was admitted pensioner of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, but was subsequently scholar and fellow of Clare Hall (now Clare College, Cambridge). He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1595/6, Master of Arts (Cambridge), Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1599, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1621. At Clare, he was tutor to Nicholas Ferrar. In March 1610, he became rector of Wickford, Essex. Neile, Bishop of Durham, appointed him his chaplain. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge), Regius Professorship of Greek (at Cambridge), when it was vacant after the resignation of Andrew Downes (scholar), Andrew Downes in 1627. He and Patrick Young were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Reverend
The Right Reverend (abbreviated The Rt Revd, The Rt Rev'd, The Rt Rev.) is a style (manner of address), style applied to certain religion, religious figures. Overview *In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom, Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that ''The Most Reverend'' is used for archbishops (elsewhere, all Roman Catholic Church, Catholic bishops are styled as ''The Most Reverend''). *In some churches with a Presbyterian heritage, it applies to the current Moderator of the General Assembly, such as **the current Moderator of the United Church of Canada (if the moderator is an ordained minister; laypeople may be elected moderator, but are not styled Right Reverend) **the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland **the current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland **the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa **the current Moderator of Presbyterian Church of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Arts (Cambridge)
In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university (including years as an undergraduate). It is an academic rank indicating seniority, and not an additional postgraduate qualification, and within the universities there are in fact no postgraduate degrees which result in the postnominals 'MA'. No further examination or study is required for this promotion and it is equivalent to undergraduate degrees awarded by other universities. This practice differs from most other universities worldwide, at which the degree reflects further postgraduate study or achievement. These degrees are therefore sometimes referred to as the Oxford and Cambridge MA and the Dublin or Trinity MA, to draw attention to the difference. However, as with gaining a postgraduate degree from another university, once incepted and promoted to a Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cosin
John Cosin (30 November 1594 – 15 January 1672) was an English churchman. Life He was born at Norwich, and was educated at Norwich School and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he was scholar and afterwards fellow. On taking orders he was appointed secretary to John Overall, Bishop of Lichfield, and then domestic chaplain to Richard Neile, Bishop of Durham. In December 1624 he was made a prebendary of Durham, and on 9 September 1625 Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire (until 1660). In 1630 he received his degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He first became known as an author in 1627, when he published his ''Collection of Private Devotions'', a manual stated to have been prepared by command of King Charles I, for the use of Queen Henrietta Maria's maids of honour. This book, together with his insistence on points of ritual in his cathedral church and his friendship with William Laud, exposed Cosin to the hostility of the Puritans; and the book was criticised by Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirenicist
Irenicism in Christian theology refers to attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems by using reason as an essential attribute. The word is derived from the Greek word ''ειρήνη (eirene)'' meaning peace. It is a concept related to a communal theology and opposed to committed differences, which can cause unavoidable tension or friction, and is rooted in the ideals of pacifism. Those who affiliate themselves with irenicism identify the importance of unity in the Christian Church and declare the common bond of all Christians under Christ. Erasmus and his influence Desiderius Erasmus was a Christian humanist and reformer, in the sense of checking clerical abuses, honoring inner piety, considering reason as meaningful in theology as in other ways. He also promoted the notion that Christianity must remain under one church, both theologically and literally, under the body of the Catholic Church. Since his time, irenicism has postulated removing conflicts between different Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Davenport
Francis Davenport, O.M.R., also known as Father Francis of Saint Clare, (1598 – 31 May 1680) was an English Catholic theologian, a Recollect friar and royal chaplain. Life He was born Christopher Davenport in Coventry, England, in 1598, the son of Alderman John Davenport and Elizabeth Wolley, and from the grammar school at Coventry went to Dublin where he spent fifteen months, leaving it 22 November 1611. In 1613 he and his brother John Davenport proceeded to Merton College, Oxford, entering as "battelers" and taking Cook's commons; but the warden required them to enter as commoners or to leave the college; whereon in 1614 they transferred to Magdalen Hall. Here Christopher received his Bachelor of Arts degree on 28 May, his Dublin residence being allowed to count. His brother John subsequently became a noted Puritan minister and joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. Leading a band of some 500 colonists from there, he founded the New Haven Colony in 1638, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Lichfield
The Dean of Lichfield is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Lichfield Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad'' in Lichfield. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Lichfield and seat of the Bishop of Lichfield. The current dean is Adrian Dorber. List of deans Early Medieval *1222–1254 William de Manecestra *1254–? Ralph de Sempringham Medieval *1280–1319 John de Derby *1319–1324 Stephen Seagrave (afterwards Archbishop of Armagh) *1324–1328 Roger de Convenis *1328–1335 John Garssia (afterwards Bishop of Marseille) *1335–1346 Richard FitzRalph *1346–1347 John of Thoresby *1347–1349 Simon de Brisele (afterwards Dean of Lincoln) *1350–1363 John Bokyngham *1364–1369 William de Manton *1369–? Laurence de Ibstock *?–1370 Anthony Rous *1371–1378 Francis de Teobaldeschi *1381–1390 William P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dunn Macray
William Dunn Macray (1826–1916) was an English librarian, cleric and historian. Macray was ordained and graduated MA. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and worked at the Bodleian Library from 1845 to 1905. He received the degree Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) ''honoris causa'' from the University of Oxford in June 1902. He is best known for his ''Annals of the Bodleian Library'' (1868), an institutional history of the library; a second edition was published in 1890. Notes External links * * * * Works by William Dunn Macrayat The Online Books Page The Online Books Page is an index of e-text books available on the Internet. It is edited by John Mark Ockerbloom and is hosted by the library of the University of Pennsylvania. The Online Books Page lists over 2 million books and has several feat ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Macray, William Dunn 1826 births 1916 deaths English librarians 19th-century English historians 19th-century English Anglican priests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Baroccianus
Baroccianus is an adjective applied to manuscripts indicating an origin in the ''Baroccianum'', a Venetian collection assembled by the humanist Francesco Barozzi (Barocius). A large part of that collection was sold after the death of Iacopo Barozzi or Barocci (1562-1617), nephew and heir to Francesco;http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/medieval/barocci/barocci.html and the purchase by William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke led in turn to his donation in 1629 of a substantial collection of Greek manuscripts from the Baroccianum to the Bodleian Library. The designation ''Codex Baroccianus'' followed by a number is an indication that a manuscript is in the Bodleian Catalogue and has its provenance in this donation. History The Earl of Pembroke's purchase cost him £700; his donation was bound in 242 volumes. He was persuaded to make the deal and gift by William Laud. Some remaining manuscripts from the collection were given by Oliver Cromwell in 1654. Both Pembroke and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Young
Patrick Young (29 August 1584 – 7 September 1652), also known as Patricius Junius, was a Scottish scholar and royal librarian to King James VI and I, and King Charles I. He was a noted Biblical and patristic scholar. Life He was born at Seton, Angus, Scotland, He was a son of Peter Young, tutor to James alongside George Buchanan, and Elizabeth Gibb. He was educated at the University of St. Andrews (M.A., 1603). He then became librarian and secretary to George Lloyd, the future Bishop of Chester, in 1603. He was incorporated at Oxford (1605), and, taking holy orders, became a chaplain of All Souls College. He was then librarian successively to Prince Henry, James I, and Charles I; at the same time he undertook diplomatic correspondence. He was Latin secretary to Bishop John Williams, 1624. He became rector of Llanynys, Denbighshire, in 1623; and he was rector of Hayes, Middlesex, from 1623 to 1647. Works In July 1605 King James sent his unpublished manuscript ''Historie of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Downes (scholar)
Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus (2 February 1628), was an England, English classical scholar. Life He was born in the county of Shropshire, and was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge, St. John's College, Cambridge, where he did much to revive the study of Greek language, Greek, at that time at a very low ebb. In 1571 he was elected fellow of his college, and, in 1585, he was appointed to the Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge), Regius Professor of Greek, which he held for nearly forty years. He died at Coton, Cambridgeshire, Coton, near Cambridge, on 2 February 1627/1628. According to Simonds d'Ewes, who attended his lectures on Demosthenes and gives a slight sketch of his personality, Downes was accounted "the ablest Grecian of Christendom." He published little, but seems to have devoted his chief attention to the Greek orators. A 1587 edition of Plato's ''Menexenus (dialogue), Menexenus'', the first Greek book printed at Cambridge and the first Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regius Professor Of Greek (Cambridge)
The Regius Professorship of Greek is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Cambridge. The Regius Professor chair was founded in 1540 by Henry VIII with a stipend of £40 per year, subsequently increased in 1848 by a canonry of Ely Cathedral. The position is at present (2022) vacant and an appointments process is underway. Regius Professors of Greek Official coat of arms According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Greke" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon: ''Per chevron argent and sable, in chief the two Greek letters Alpha and Omega of the second, and in base a cicada (grasshopper) of the first, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant Or, charged on the side with the letter G sable.'' The crest has an owl.''A Complete Guide to Heraldry'' by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1909), pp. 587-588. Sources *''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' **Cheke (to 1551), Carr, Dodington (to 1585), Downes (to 1624), Creigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Durham
The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in the Province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler has been the Bishop of Durham since his election was confirmed at York Minster on 20 January 2014.Archbishop of York – Bishop of Durham Election Confirmed (Accessed 20 January 2014) The previous bishop was , now Archbishop of Canterbury. The bishop is one of two (the other is the |
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