John Bird Sumner: Evangelical Archbishop

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Gracewing Publishing, 1995 - 193 pages
Archbishop Sumner was a gifted academic as well as an outstanding pastor and administrator. During his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, his mild and statesmanlike policies guided the Church of England through a turbulent period, including the restoration of the Roman Catholic episcopal hierarchy in England, as well as the rapid expansion of the Anglican Communion throughout the world.

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Contents

Mapledurham Vicarage
29
Bishop of Chester
45
Sumner in Parliament
67
Opponent of the Oxford Movement
81
Claphamite Pastor and Prelate
95
Primate of All England
111
Archbishop of the Colonial Church
133
John Bird Sumner
151
Appendix
175
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