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A War of ReligionPleas for an American Bishop in the 1760s: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Secker and Thomas Bradbury Chandler

A War of Religion: Pleas for an American Bishop in the 1760s: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas... [After receiving news of the appointment of Thomas Secker as archbishop of Canterbury in 1758, clergymen in the Middle Colonies vigorously renewed an interest in an American bishop. They recalled that 17 years earlier Secker, when he was the bishop of Oxford, had strongly supported an American prelate in his Anniversary Sermon delivered before the members of the S.P.G. at St. Mary-le-Bow Church in London.1] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A War of ReligionPleas for an American Bishop in the 1760s: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Secker and Thomas Bradbury Chandler

Part of the Studies in Modern History Book Series
Bell, James B.
Springer Journals — Oct 30, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
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978-1-349-36052-9
Pages
81 –90
DOI
10.1057/9780230583214_7
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Abstract

[After receiving news of the appointment of Thomas Secker as archbishop of Canterbury in 1758, clergymen in the Middle Colonies vigorously renewed an interest in an American bishop. They recalled that 17 years earlier Secker, when he was the bishop of Oxford, had strongly supported an American prelate in his Anniversary Sermon delivered before the members of the S.P.G. at St. Mary-le-Bow Church in London.1]

Published: Oct 30, 2015

Keywords: English Government; Religious Liberty; Westchester County; Civil Official; American Clergy

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