William Bacon Stevens Papers

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  • Author : Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania. Bishop (1865-1872 : Stevens)
  • Release Date : 1852
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  • Genre : Americans
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  • File Size : 14,14 MB
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William Bacon Stevens Papers by Episcopal Church. Diocese of Pennsylvania. Bishop (1865-1872 : Stevens) PDF Summary

Book Description: Except for minor items, all papers date from Stevens's episcopate and most are correspondence with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham. They cover a wide range, from personal affairs and health to his oversight of the Episcopal churches in Europe. Among many subjects are Stevens's European travels in 1866 and 1872; affairs of the Episcopal church in Florence, Italy, with references to the Reverend Pierce Connelly and the Reverend William Chauncy Langdon; church work in Geneva, Switzerland; canon law respecting the churches in Europe; and work of the Italian Church Reformation Commission of the House of Bishops from 1865. Nearer home are a visit to Hagerstown, Md., in 1864 during the Civil War; Stevens's appeal on behalf of the Freedmans' Commission of the Episcopal Church, and support of it, 1865-1868; involvement with the work of the Mexican Commission of the House of Bishops, 1874-1876; opposition to the Society of St. John the Evangelist (the Cowley Fathers) 1875; and many clergy matters. Among other subjects are relations with the Church of England and comments of Bishop Theodore B. Lyman on Stevens's sermon at the close of the Lambeth Conference, 1873. Also includes seven letters to and from Bishop William Pinkney of Maryland, about the Reverend Alfred G. Mortimer and other matters.

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William Bacon Stevens Papers

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Except for minor items, all papers date from Stevens's episcopate and most are correspondence with Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham. They cover a wide range