Cosmo Gordon Lang

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, GCVO, PC (31 October 1864 5 December 1945), was an Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908 1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928 1942). His rapid elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, is unprecedented in modern Church of England history. As Archbishop of Canterbury during the abdication crisis of 1936 he took a strong moral stance, and comments he made in a subsequent broadcast were widely condemned as uncharitable towards the departed king. The son of a Scots Presbyterian minister, Lang abandoned the prospect of a legal and political career to train for the Anglican priesthood. Beginning in 1890, his early ministry was served in slum parishes in Leeds and Portsmouth, except for brief service as an Oxford college chaplain. In 1901 he was appointedsuffragan Bishop of Stepney in London, where he continued his work among the poor

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130246785
• ISBN-10: 6130246781
• Artikelnr.: 28042676