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Ralph Phillip Hughes
Ralph Phillip Hughes (September 25, 1916 - September 4, 2016) was an American minister. He was known for his own prominence in the Assemblies of God as well as that of his family. His ministry received much news coverage beginning in the 1940s. Early life and education Ralph Phillip Hughes was born on September 25, 1916, in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was the youngest of three sons of Ralph Bloomfield Hughes (1882 - 1962), a postman, and Larene (; 1891 - 1983), the daughter of an attorney and was raised in a middle-class family. He graduated from Battle Creek Central High School and received training as an electrician. He was not drafted into the army in World War II, but joined out of patriotism, and served as a military electrician. Hughes was the eighth-great-grandson of The Reverend John Wing (or Wynge; 1584 - c. 1629), an Oxford-educated Puritan minister from London. Career After his military service, he worked as a foreman at a factory, a position of unusual authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reverend
The Reverend (abbreviated as The Revd, The Rev'd or The Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. ''The Reverend'' is correctly called a ''style'', but is sometimes referred to as a title, form of address, or title of respect. Etymology The term is an anglicisation of the Latin , the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". ''The Reverend'' is therefore equivalent to ''the Honourable'' or ''the Venerable''. Originating as a general term of respectful address in the 15th century, it became particularly associated with clergy by the 17th century, with variations associated with certain ranks in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |