Reformed Anglicans

4 March 1583 A.D.   Bernard Gilpin Passes—Northumberland & Yorkshire Anglican Cleric: Dubbed “Apostle to the North” Wiki-offering. Bernard Gilpin (1517 – 4 March 1583), was an Oxford theologian and then an influential clergyman in the emerging Church of England spanning the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I. He was known as the 'Apostle of the North', for his work in the wilds of northern England. Contents   1 Biography 1.1 Gilpin family 1.2 Oxford 1.3 Marian Persecutions 1.4 Transubstantiation Debate 1.5 Vicar of Norton 1.6 General Licence to Preach 1.7 Foreign theological pursuits 1.8 Archdeacon of Durham 1.9 Rector of Houghton-le-Spring 1.10 Royal Warrant for Apprehension 1.11 See of Carlisle and Provostship of Queen's 1.12 Hospitality 1.13 Grammar School 1.14 Visiting Neglected Parts of North of England 1.15 Glove above Church Door 1.16 Gladstone's Tribute 1.17 Death 2 Ext...

4 March 1583 A.D.   Bernard Gilpin Passes—Northumberland & Yorkshire Anglican Cleric: Dubbed “Apostle to the North” Editors. “Bernard Gilpin.”   Encyclopedia Britannica.   N.d. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/233832/Bernard-Gilpin .   Accessed 31 Jul 2014. Bernard Gilpin ,  byname Apostle Of The North  (born 1517, Kentmere, Westmorland , Eng.—died March 4, 1583, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham ), English cleric, one of the most conscientious and broad-minded upholders of the Elizabethan church settlement, which recognized the English sovereign, rather than the pope, as head of the English church. Gilpin was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, and was ordained in 1542. He defended Roman Catholic doctrines against the Protestant bishop John Hooper and Peter Martyr and in 1552 preached a sermon, before the ailing adolescent king Edward VI of England , denouncing the expropriation of church property. Gilpin became vicar...