GORHAM, GEORGE CORNELIUS

GORHAM, GEORGE CORNELIUS
   an English ecclesiastic; being presented to the vicarage of Bramford Speke, N. Devon, was refused institution by Dr. Philpotts, the bishop of Exeter, because he was unsound in the matter of baptismal regeneration, upon which he appealed to the Court of Arches, which confirmed the bishop's decision, but the sentence of the court was reversed by the Privy Council, and institution granted (1787-1857).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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