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James Moyes

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The Very Reverend
James Moyes
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Born 1851
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died 11 March 1927 (aged 75–76)
London, England
Occupations Writer, theologian

James Moyes (1851–1927) was a Scottish writer, theologian, and controversialist.

Biography

Moyes was born in Edinburgh in 1851.[1][2] He was educated in Ireland, France, and Rome at the Venerable English College, Rome. Ordained into the priesthood in 1875, he was later appointed professor at St Bede's College, Manchester, England. He was appointed canon theologian of Salford Chapter, 1891, and of the Westminster Chapter, 1895. In 1896, he served on the Papal Commission in Rome on Anglican matters on which he was an authority. In 1903 he was chosen as sub-delegate Apostolic for the Cause of English Martyrs. He edited the Dublin Review until 1903, contributed a vast amount of controversial literature on theological subjects to The Tablet, and wrote Aspects of Anglicanism, 1906.[1]

Moyes died at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in London on 11 March 1927.[3]

Works or publications

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. p. 120. Retrieved 24 September 2021 – via archive.org.
  2. Back to citation "Monsignor Moyes". The Tablet. 19 March 1927. p. 7. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. Back to citation "Monsignor Moyes". The Guardian. 12 March 1927. p. 17. Retrieved 24 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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