James Hervey Otey Papers
Author | : Episcopal Church. Diocese of Tennessee. Bishop (1834-1863 : Otey) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1833 |
Genre | : Bishops |
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Papers concerning Otey's election as Bishop, 1833, fitness for the office, and affairs of the Diocese of Tennessee. Subjects include his interest in education, especially Columbia Female Institute, Ravenscroft College, and the University of the South; the need for greater clerical and lay discipline; the authority of bishops and their duty to suppress strange doctrines; proposals for improving organization of foreign and domestic missions; Otey's disapproval of the Protestant Episcopal Missionary Association for the West; the Church of England; ritualism; dealings with other bishops, especially George Upfold and Alexander V. Griswold; and personal matters. The collection also contains to tributes to Bishop Otey.