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Lang, Cosmo Gordon
Lang, Cosmo Gordon (1864–1945). Archbishop of Canterbury. Lang was a native of Scotland. After a short ministry at the university church in Oxford, he became (1896) vicar of Portsea. At the age of only 37 he was nominated as suffragan bishop of Stepney, and then promoted (1908) to be archbishop of York. Here he proved a contrast to the more conservative, cautious, and diplomatic Randall Davidson, his fellow‐Scot who was archbishop of Canterbury. Lang succeeded Davidson at Canterbury in 1928, but his work as primate was overshadowed by criticism for his part in the abdication crisis of 1936. He resigned in 1942.
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JOHN CANNON. "Lang, Cosmo Gordon." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Lang, Cosmo Gordon." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-LangCosmoGordon.html JOHN CANNON. "Lang, Cosmo Gordon." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-LangCosmoGordon.html |
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Lang, Cosmo Gordon
Lang, Cosmo Gordon (1864–1945), Abp. of York (1908–28) and then of Canterbury (1928–42). A committed ecumenist, he was chairman of the Reunion committee of the Lambeth Conference of 1920 which issued the influential ‘Appeal to All Christian People’, he invited Old Catholics to attend the Lambeth Conference of 1930, and he visited the Oecumenical Patriarch in the Phanar in 1939. He played an important part in connection with the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lang, Cosmo Gordon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lang, Cosmo Gordon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LangCosmoGordon.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Lang, Cosmo Gordon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LangCosmoGordon.html |
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