The voice of the clergy (Episcopal), 1863.

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The voice of the clergy (Episcopal), 1863.

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This broadside pertains to the emancipation of Negroes, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1863; other than the name of John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, it contains 104 names of Episcopal churchmen & uses language similar to that of the Civil Rights articles that were appearing in the 1960's; it also lists names of Episcopal churches, their locations, & the names of bishops, rectors, prevosts, & professors of Divinity Schools.

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Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868

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Episcopal bishop of Vermont. From the description of Letter, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155474749 John Henry Hopkins was born in 1792 in Ireland. He became the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Vermont. Hopkins published over fifty books, pamphlets and sermons. His published lecture, Slavery: Its Religious Sanction, Its Political Dangers, and the Best Mode of Doing it Away (1851) averred that slavery was not a sin but that its abolition was crucial and should be...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...