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Sunday, November 24th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Porteus, Beilby
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English churchman, born at York, of American parentage; graduated and became Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and took orders in 1757; from the rectory of Hunton, Kent, he was preferred to that of Lambeth in 1767, thence to the bishopric of Chester in 1776, and to that of London 1787; a poor scholar, he yet wrote some popular books, especially a "Summary of Christian Evidences," and "Lectures on St. Matthew's Gospel"; he posed as a Sabbatarian and an advocate of the abolition of slavery (1731-1809).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Porteus, Beilby'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/porteus-beilby.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Porteus, Beilby'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/porteus-beilby.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
