Anglican Church

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Cultural formation William Morris
He came from a white, English, and Anglican family. His father was a successful financier who brought the family up in great comfort at their Essex mansion. The patriarch's death in 1847 left the Morris...
Cultural formation Dorothy L. Sayers
James Brabazon , her official biographer, describes her as deeply conventional
Brabazon, James. Dorothy L. Sayers. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1981.
275
despite her often unorthodox life decisions (particularly her sexual relationships and her child born outside wedlock). DLS was the daughter of an Anglican
Cultural formation Joanna Baillie
JB was a Scottish writer: though she lived most of her adult life in London, her letters show her vividly aware of her Scots identity, not least in her deliberate use of the Scotticisms which...
Cultural formation Winifred Peck
Born into an EnglishEvangelicalAnglican and intellectual family, WP believed that work and Christianity offered guidance through difficult times. She was a socialist by conviction, who admired the toughness of the post-war generation and was...
Cultural formation Elizabeth Helme
She was apparently born into the English lower middle class. Her novels reflect an interest in Scotland, a solid British patriotism, and a dislike of Presbyterianism compared with the Anglican church.
Cultural formation Blanche Warre Cornish
BWC 's family was lowland Scottish in origin though now established in England or overseas. They belonged to the gentry or professional class. She was confirmed at about fifteen in the Anglican Church , and...
Cultural formation Elizabeth Joscelin
EJ 's parents came from the English landowning and professional classes. They were Anglican s and their daughter evidently later leaned towards Puritanism .
Cultural formation Catherine Fanshawe
CF 's family belonged to genteel and cultured London society. She was a member of the Church of England and a conservative in politics.
Cultural formation Anne Manning
She was born into a well-established English family; Charlotte Yonge says her father belonged to the higher professional class:
Oliphant, Margaret et al. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign. Hurst and Blackett, 1897.
211
an uncle, cousin, and brother all distinguished themselves in legal fields.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
It is not...
Cultural formation Emma Jane Worboise
The Literary World was apparently mistaken in calling EJWthe novelist of Evangelical Dissent and in speculating as to whether or not she ever left the Anglican Church.
qtd. in
Melnyk, Julie. “Evangelical Theology and Feminist Polemic: Emma Jane Worboises OverdaleWomens Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Transfiguring the Faith of Their Fathers, edited by Julie Melnyk, Garland, 1998, pp. 107-22.
109
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
Cultural formation Elma Napier
EN was exposed to a range of Christian faiths. Though her mother was Episcopalian , the family attended a Presbyterian kirk (the Church of Scotland) for a time during Elma's early childhood. One of her...
Cultural formation Christopher St John
At some point after CSJ met her long-time partner Edith Craig , she converted from her family's Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism .
Auerbach, Nina. Ellen Terry: Player in Her Time. W.W. Norton, 1987.
389
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
250
Cultural formation Charlotte Barnard
CB grew up as an Englishupper-class child, attending the local Anglican Church . Her family had many servants, including a coachman, a housekeeper, two housemaids, a nurse and a cook. They also owned several properties...
Cultural formation Ruth Padel
RP is an Englishwoman and a member of the Church ofEngland .
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Her surname bears witness to her father's ethnic origins as one of the Wends or Sorbs, a Slavic people hailing from the region...
Cultural formation Susanna Hopton
SH had married as a RomanCatholic , but her new husband devoted himself with indefatigable Pains
qtd. in
Smith, Julia J. “Susanna Hopton: A Biographical Account”. Notes and Queries, Vol.
38
, June 1991, pp. 165-72.
170
to bringing her back to the Church ofEngland . He recognized that he could hope to do this...

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8 November 1978: The General Synod of the Church of England...

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8 November 1978

The General Synod of the Church of England voted against the ordination of women, despite support for it from most bishops and lay members (not priests), and the recommendation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
12
Furlong, Monica. Feminine in the Church. SPCK, 1984.
4

8 November 1978: The General Synod of the Church of England...

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8 November 1978

The General Synod of the Church of England voted against the ordination of women, despite support for it from most bishops and lay members (not priests), and the recommendation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Stott, Mary. “Ordination of Women: Flickering flame passed to new generation”. Times, 24 Sept. 1981, p. 12.
12
Furlong, Monica. Feminine in the Church. SPCK, 1984.
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1986: Those in the Anglican mother-church who opposed...

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1986

Those in the Anglican mother-church who opposed the ordination of women secured a vote forbidding ordained women from other parts of the Anglican Communion from celebrating the Eucharist in Britain.
Furlong, Monica. “The St Hilda Community—narrative of a group which supports female priests”. The Ecumenical Review, Vol.
53
, No. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 82-5.

February 1987: The St Hilda Community, activists for Anglican...

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February 1987

The St Hilda Community , activists for Anglican women's ordination, held its first Eucharist service in the student chapel of Queen Mary College , London, celebrated by an ordained American, Suzanne Fageol .
Furlong, Monica. “The St Hilda Community—narrative of a group which supports female priests”. The Ecumenical Review, Vol.
53
, No. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 82-5.

1990: The Church of England possessed about 1,630...

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1990

The Church of England possessed about 1,630 officially redundant churches, or a tenth of the total in use; a quarter of these had been declared superfluous since 1958.
Lively, Penelope. A House Unlocked. Penguin, 2002.
61-2

11 November 1992: The General Synod of the Church of England...

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11 November 1992

The General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women priests; this was the culmination of a long campaign for the ordination of women.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
511, 517

14 January 1994: Katharine, Duchess of Kent, converted to...

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14 January 1994

Katharine, Duchess of Kent , converted to Catholicism , becoming the first Roman Catholic member of the British Royal Family in more than 300 years.
“1994: Duchess of Kent joins Catholic church”. BBC News: On This Day, 14 Jan. 1994.

12 March 1994: The first women priests in the Church of...

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12 March 1994

The first women priests in the Church of England were ordained in Bristol.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
525

18 June 2006: Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of Nevada,...

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18 June 2006

Katharine Jefferts Schori , Bishop of Nevada, became arguably . . . the highest-ranking woman in Episcopal history when she was chosen presiding bishop of the Episcopal church in America.
Bates, Stephen. “Into the breach”. The Guardian, 24 June 2006, p. 29.
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21 April 2011: Hundreds of Anglicans converted to the Roman...

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21 April 2011

Hundreds of Anglicans converted to the Roman Catholic Church , with the blessing of Pope Benedict XVI, because they were not prepared to countenance the consecration of women bishops.
“News”. BBC Radio Four.

November 2012: The Church of England caused national consternation...

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November 2012

The Church of England caused national consternation when its Synod narrowly voted down the opening of its episcopate in Britain to its first women bishops.
Wintour, Patrick, and Lizzy Davies. “Bishop vote sets state against church”. Guardian Weekly, 30 Nov. 2012, p. 16.

14 July 2014: Reversing a decision of November 2012, the...

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14 July 2014

Reversing a decision of November 2012, the Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women to be consecrated as bishops. Justin Welby , Archbishop of Canterbury, expressed delight at the decision.
Castle, Stephen. “Church of England Votes to Accept Women as Bishops”. The New York Times, 14 July 2014.

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