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Samuel Crowther (priest)
Samuel Crowther (9 January 1769 - 28 September 1829) was a Church of England priest, most notable as one of the pioneers of the Church Mission Society and a member of the first committee of the Newfoundland School Society (NSS). Life He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 26 October 1787 and graduated BA from New College, Oxford in 1791, also becoming a Fellow of the latter. He was ordained deacon on 3 June 1792 and priest on 26 May 1793, both times by Edward Smallwell, Bishop of Oxford, followed by a curacy in Barking, London, Barking, Essex in 1796. He became vicar (later rector) of the united parish of Christ Church Greyfriars, Christ Church, Newgate and St Leonards Foster Lane in the City of London on 17 February 1800, a post he then held until his death. On 11 February 1801 he also became lecturer (clergy), lecturer at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. He is recorded as ministering to Francis Finlay in his final days at nearby Newgate Prison before his execution for f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the ''Thirty-nine Articles'' and ''The Books of Homilies''. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman Britain, Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kingdom of Kent, Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Its members are called ''Anglicans''. In 1534, the Church of England renounced the authority of the Papacy under the direction of Henry VIII, beginning the English Reformation. The guiding theologian that shaped Anglican doctrine was the Reformer Thomas Cranmer, who developed the Church of England's liturgical text, the ''Book of Common Prayer''. Papal authority was Second Statute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
