The Henson Journals

Charles Gore

Charles Gore (1853-1932; ODNB), leading anglo-catholic churchman. Balliol Coll., Oxford; vice-principal, Cuddesdon Coll., 1880-3; co-founder, Community of the Resurrection, 1887; canon, Westminster, 1894-1902; a chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1900-1, and Edward VII, 1901; bishop of Worcester, 1902-4, Birmingham, 1905-11, and Oxford, 1911-19; editor of Lux Mundi (1889), a landmark in the development of liberal theology and social concern within the tradition of high churchmanship; as bishop adopted orthodox position on the creeds; prolific author, including Orders and Unity (1908), The Religion of the Church (1916), and Christ and Society (1928); assisted Henson's ordination, but they later disagreed on theological and ecclesiastical matters; submitted a formal protest against Henson's appointment as bishop of Hereford. See also Volume 65, 67.

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