Come Rack! Come Rope! - Softcover

Benson, Robert Hugh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438528019 ISBN 13: 9781438528014

Verlag: Book Jungle, 2009

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Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914) was the youngest son of the Archbishop of Canterbury. After college Benson was ordained as a priest in the Church of England. While on a trip to the Middle East Benson began doubting the Church of England and eventually joined the Community of the Resurrection. In 1903 he became a Roman Catholic. In 1904 he was ordained as a priest. Published in 1912 Come Back! Come Rope! tells the story of a Catholic family living under the reign of Elizabeth I. This is a story of faith and redemption, love and tragedy, Benson speaks of the physical and spiritual suffering that one person must undergo for their faith.

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Robert Hugh Benson was an English Catholic priest and author who lived from 18 November 1871 to 19 October 1914. He began his ministry as an Anglican priest before being welcomed and ordained in the Catholic Church in 1903. He also wrote a lot of fiction, including Come Rack! Come to Rope! and the well-known dystopian novel Lord of the World. His works include current fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional writings, and historical, horror, and science fiction. In parallel with rising through the ranks to serve as a Chamberlain to Pope Pius X in 1911 and earning the title of Monsignor before passing away a few years later, he continued his writing career. Benson, the younger brother of E. F., A. C., and Margaret Benson, was the youngest child of Edward White Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and his wife, Mary. Robert Hugh Benson attended Eton College for his education before attending Trinity College in Cambridge from 1890 to 1893 to study classics and religion. Benson's father, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, gave him his ordination as a priest in the Church of England in 1895.

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• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1438528019
• ISBN 13: 9781438528014
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 388
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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