Charles E. Cheney
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Life
Charles E. Cheney was born in Canandaigua, New York on February 12, 1836.[1] A graduate of Hobart College in Geneva, New York, he studied at Virginia Theological Seminary before ordination to the diaconate and priesthood by William Heathcote DeLancey in 1858 and 1859 respectively. Soon after his ordination he became rector of Christ Church, Chicago,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". where he served from 1860 until his death in 1916.[2]
Cheney's opposition to the baptismal regeneration of infants resulted in ecclesiastical censure by Bishop Henry J. Whitehouse of Chicago. Cheney was consecrated bishop by George David Cummins at Christ Church, Chicago, Illinois, on December 14, 1873.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He succeeded Cummins as Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, serving in this capacity from 1876–1877 and 1887–1889.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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Attribution
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External links
- The Reformed Episcopal Church 1874 sermon by Cheney
- The Evangelical Ideal of a Visible Church 1875 sermon by Cheney
- Primitive Episcopacy sermon by Cummins at Cheney's consecration
- Biographical article
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