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Alexander Forbes of Brechin : the first Tractarian bishop /

A study of the first member of the Oxford Movement to become a bishop (the Bishop of Brechin from 1847 to 1875). The volume describes how, as leader of the Movement in Scotland, Forbes was a significant influence and example to Tractarians in Britain as well as to Catholics in Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strong, Rowan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Forbes, A. P. > (Alexander Penrose), > 1817-1875.
Episcopal Church in Scotland > Bishops > Biography.
Episcopal Church in Scotland. > College of Bishops.
Anglican Communion > Scotland > Bishops > Biography.
Oxford movement > Scotland.
Communion anglicane > Écosse > Évêques > Biographies.
Mouvement d'Oxford > Écosse.
Anglican Communion > Bishops.
Oxford movement.
Scotland.
Christianity.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A study of the first member of the Oxford Movement to become a bishop (the Bishop of Brechin from 1847 to 1875). The volume describes how, as leader of the Movement in Scotland, Forbes was a significant influence and example to Tractarians in Britain as well as to Catholics in Europe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 281 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
ISBN:1280810238
9781280810237