HIS3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Henry Alline, Thirty-Nine Articles, Moral Authority
18 Mar 2016
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Born in ireland 1734, father was cleric of scots background, father died when young, situaion respectable but poor. Began to teach in church of england school, wanted to become an anglican priest, had to get tesimonies to become priest, got enough returned to england and became a priest. Ater ordinated in england, some priests in america were missionaries or funded by colonies, there was no hierarchy. England applied to be employee in church of england, appointed as bishop of nova scoia. Bishop of nova scoia all of mariimes, quebec and bermuda. Hope was son would become bishop and follow him, he didn"t, when he died he let a big fortune. Cleric from ingles, born in rhode island, roots going back to maylower, father was good fortune to have big family but low income. 1776 moved to nova scoia, planter family, fortune no beter then rhode island: remained poor.
