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Leighton Coleman was the son of the Reverend John and Louisa Margaretta (Thomas) Coleman. He was born on May 03, 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States where his father was rector of Trinity Church.
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Excerpt from The Church in America This volume belongs to a series intended to give a com prehensive history of National Churches. In sending forth that portion which treats of the American Church, it may be difficult to convince some of my readers of the propriety of calling the Protestant Episcopal Church the National Church of America. Strictly speaking, there has not been for many years any religious body in the United States which could, either from recognition by law and custom or from numerical predominance, claim to be the National Church. But when it is remembered that in the beginning, what is popularly known as the Episcopal Church was by charter and law established in the older colonies; that more than any other ecclesiastical organisation she had to do with constituting the nation, and, in the period of the Civil War, with its maintenance and reunion; and that, while conservative and Catholic in her character, she yet is distinctively American in spirit - there would seem to be ample justification for thus using the title American Church. A still further warrant for this use may be found in the present position and prospects of this Church, as described in the concluding chapter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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A history of the American Church to the close of the nineteenth century / by the Right Rev. Leighton Coleman
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Leighton Coleman
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Coleman attended St. James’s Grammar School and the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia. Then he spent five years in business and entered the General Theological Seminary in New York where he graduated in 1861.
Career
From 1860 to 1862 Coleman was missionary at Randall’s and Blackwell’s Islands, New York. Being ordained priest in the latter year, he was for the next seven years successively rector at St. Luke’s, Bustleton, Pennsylvania; St. John’s, Wilmington, Delaware; St. Mark’s, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania ; and Trinity, Toledo, Ohio.
Going abroad in 1879 on account of his wife’s health, he remained for nearly seven years, residing chiefly at Oxford, engaging in clerical work, and serving for three years as organizing secretary of the Church of England Temperance Society. Returning to the United States, after a brief pastorate at Sayre, Pennsylvania, he was elected bishop of Delaware and was consecrated October 18, 1888. He was the first incumbent of the office who was not at the same time rector of a church, and consequently he was able to devote all his energies to diocesan and other public interests.
With a strongly-developed journalistic instinct he wrote much for the daily press. He was also the author of the following books: History of the Lehigh Valley (1872); The Church in America (1895); A History of the American Church (1902).
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The Church in America (Classic Reprint)
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- A history of the American Church to the close of the nineteenth century / by the Right Rev. Leighton Coleman
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The Church in America (Classic Reprint)
Religion
Coleman was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Membership
A staunch upholder of temperance and law and order, Coleman was a prominent Mason and a member of numerous historical, patriotic, educational, and social organizations within and outside of the Episcopal Church.
Personality
Coleman was a stiff churchman of the Oxford type and outspoken in the expression of his views. But his genial humanity put him on a friendly footing with all schools and classes, making for him a large place in the hearts of the people of Delaware. In his latter years, on account of his flowing white beard and venerable appearance, he was affectionately called “Santa Claus” by the children of Wilmington. He was a confirmed pedestrian, making long walking trips in the states of Maryland and Virginia, on which he concealed his identity and made friends among all classes of people. His portrait in oil maybe seen at “Bishopstead, ” the Episcopal Residence in Wilmington.
Connections
Coleman was married in 1861 to Frances Elizabeth du Pont of Wilmington, who died March 17, 1902. One son survived his parents.
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Episcopalian