Charles Pettit McIlvaine
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Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1799 - 1873) was an Episcopalian bishop, author, educator and twice Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1832, he became the 2nd president of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and also the second Bishop of Ohio.[1]
He was a leading advocate of Evangelicalism, and wrote a noted rebuttal of the Oxford Movement, Oxford Divinity Compared with That of the Romish and Anglican Churches.[1] [2]
He was the 28th bishop consecrated in The Episcopal Church.
| Preceded by Philander Chase |
2nd Bishop of Ohio 1832 – 1873 |
Succeeded by Gregory Thurston Bedell |
| Preceded by Philander Chase |
President of Kenyon College (and Bexley Hall) 1832 – 1840 |
Succeeded by Sherlock Anson Bronson |
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Last Page – Kenyon alumni bulletin has a succession of early college presidents. Retrieved on November 21, 2006
- ^ "Kenyon College History—The Church of the Holy Spirit", Perry Lentz, written for The Anglican Digest, January, 1997. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
[edit] External links
- McIlvaine, Charles Pettit. The evidences of Christianity; in their external, or historical, division: exhibited in a course of lectures. Retrieved from http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJF6316.0001.001 on 2006-08-05.
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