Frederic Percy Harton (10 June 18893 November 1958) was an

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and

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during the twentieth century. He was the husband of writer Sibyl Harton. He trained for the priesthood at

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(spending time at Bishop's College, Cheshunt); and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

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in 1913 and

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in 1914. After curacies in

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and

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he was

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from 1922 to 1926. He was at St Paul,

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from 1926 to 1927 then

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of the

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. He was then

of Baulking from 1936 to 1951. Later he served as

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(1951–1958). He is known essentially for a frequently republished guide to the spiritual life addressed to an

readership but drawing significantly on seventeenth and eighteenth century French and Italian Catholic works of spiritual direction.

Gordon Mursell Alfred Gordon Mursell (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British Anglican bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Bishop of Stafford in the Church of England. Mursell was educated at Ardingly College and Brasenose College, Oxford.‘MURSELL, ...

: ''English Spirituality: from 1700 to the Present Day'', Westminster: John Knox Press (2001)

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1889 births 1958 deaths Alumni of the Theological Department of King's College London Associates of King's College London Alumni of Bishops' College, Cheshunt Holders of a Lambeth degree Deans of Wells English Anglo-Catholics English Anglican theologians Anglo-Catholic theologians Anglo-Catholic clergy 20th-century English theologians 20th-century English Anglican priests {{England-theologian-stub