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Lancelot Andrewes: Scholar, Preacher, and Saint

If you're new to Anglicanism and researching its history, one name you will frequently encounter is Lancelot Andrewes, a formative figure in the decades after the English Reformation. His commemoration, on September 26th in the United States (a day earlier in England!), lists him as Bishop of Winchester and a Teacher of the Faith.

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If you're new to Anglicanism and researching its history, one name you will frequently encounter is Lancelot Andrewes, a formative figure in the decades after the English Reformation.

His commemoration, on September 26th in the United States (a day earlier in England!), lists him as Bishop of Winchester and a Teacher of the Faith.

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If you're new to Anglicanism and researching its history, one name you will frequently encounter is Lancelot Andrewes, a formative figure in the decades after the English Reformation. His commemoration, on September 26th in the United States (a day earlier in England!), lists him as Bishop of Winchester and a Teacher of the Faith.

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