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the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Rose, Alexander
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a Scottish prelate, was born in the north of Scotland, was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, and afterwards studied theology at Glasgow. His first preferment was Perth, which he left to become professor of divinity in the University of Glasgow. In 1684 he was nominated to the principality of St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrew's, and in 1687 he was made bishop of Edinburgh. He refused to join the standard of William, and during the Revolution was deprived of his cathedral, despoiled of his revenues, and stripped of his civil dignities. He died in March, 1720, and was buried in the church of Restalrig, near. Edinburgh.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rose, Alexander'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/rose-alexander.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Rose, Alexander'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/rose-alexander.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.