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Bible Encyclopedias
Cowley Fathers
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or The name commonly given to the members of the Society of Mission Priests of St John the Evangelist, an Anglican religious community, the headquarters of which are in England, at Cowley St John, close to Oxford. The society was founded in 1865 by the Rev. R. M. Benson "for the cultivation of a life dedicated to God according to the principles of poverty, chastity and obedience." The society, which is occupied both with educational and missionary work, has a house in London and branch houses at Bombay and Poona in India, at Cape Town and at St Cuthbert's, Kaffraria, in South Africa; and at Boston in the United States of America. The costume of the Cowley Fathers consists of a black frock or cassock confined by a black cord and a long black cloak.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cowley Fathers'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cowley-fathers.html. 1910.
