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Edward Elwes
The Venerable, The Ven Edward Leighton Elwes, Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the first third of the 20th century. He was born on 8 October and educated at Eton College, Eton and University College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1873 and was Curate of Ashington, Somerset and then Norton St Philip. He was then Chaplain and Principal (academia), Vice Principal of Wells Theological College. After a further Curate, curacy at Dinder he became Vicar of Over Stowey. He was Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of Woolbeding from 1895 until 1923 and Rural Dean of the surrounding area from 1896. He was Archdeacon of Chichester from 1903 to 1914 and Chancellor (ecclesiastical), Chancellor of Chichester Cathedral from then until his death on 30 May 1930.''Chancellor Elwes'' (Obituaries) The Times Saturday, May 31, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45527; col B His second daughter, born in 1895, was the singer Joan Elwes. Notes 1848 births People educated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Venerable
The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism. Christianity Catholic In the Catholic Church, after a deceased Catholic has been declared a Servant of God by a bishop and proposed for beatification by the Pope, such a servant of God may next be declared venerable (" heroic in virtue") during the investigation and process leading to possible canonization as a saint. A declaration that a person is venerable is not a pronouncement of their presence in Heaven. The pronouncement means it is considered likely that they are in heaven, but it is possible the person could still be in purgatory. Before one is considered venerable, one must be declared by a proclamation, approved by the Pope, to have lived a life that was "heroic in virtue" (the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity and the cardinal virt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |