Henry Bedford
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Henry Bedford was an English Catholic
convert formerly attached to the Oxford Movement
, was an educator and writer of many Catholic leaflets. He was born in London on October 1st, 1816. In 1835 he went to St. Peter's College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA. He went to train as a priest in the Church of England serving as assistant curate in Christ Church, Hoxton, and was noted as a preacher. In 1851 converted to Catholicism
and in 1852 he moved to Ireland after an offer to join to staff of All Hallows College
in Dublin where he lectured as Professor of Natural Science, he also served as treasurer and joined the board of directors. A natural defect in his right hand was a canonical obstacle to his ordination into the church. He continued to teach, and write and be published on a variety of subjects, and also lecture publicly.
He died on May 21st, 1903 in Dublin.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
convert formerly attached to the Oxford Movement
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...
, was an educator and writer of many Catholic leaflets. He was born in London on October 1st, 1816. In 1835 he went to St. Peter's College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA. He went to train as a priest in the Church of England serving as assistant curate in Christ Church, Hoxton, and was noted as a preacher. In 1851 converted to Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
and in 1852 he moved to Ireland after an offer to join to staff of All Hallows College
All Hallows College
All Hallows College is a Roman Catholic college located in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. All Hallows is one of six linked colleges of Dublin City University, meaning that the college's degrees are validated and accredited by the university.-History:...
in Dublin where he lectured as Professor of Natural Science, he also served as treasurer and joined the board of directors. A natural defect in his right hand was a canonical obstacle to his ordination into the church. He continued to teach, and write and be published on a variety of subjects, and also lecture publicly.
He died on May 21st, 1903 in Dublin.
Publications
- Life of St. Vincent de Paul by Henry Bedford M.A.
- The churchman's pulpit, sermons by eminent clergymen of the English Church By Church of England Churchman includes a Sermon by Rev. Henry Bedford M.A.