1. Charles Henry Brent was the Episcopal Church's first Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands ; Chaplain General of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I ; and Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York.
52 Facts About Charles Brent
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Charles Henry Brent was born on April 9,1862, in Newcastle, Ontario.
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Charles Brent was the third of ten children of the Reverend Henry Brent, who was the Anglican rector in Newcastle for forty-two years, and Sophia Francis Brent.
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Charles Brent planned his education to prepare him for the ordained ministry.
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Charles Brent was ordained a deacon on March 21,1886, in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto in the Anglican Church of Canada in 1886.
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Charles Brent's eloquence was the eloquence of simplicity, of self-forgetfulness, of the inner compulsion to share his treasure.
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In 1884, Charles Brent accepted a position as curate and organist at St John's Church, Buffalo in the Diocese of Western New York.
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In 1887, Charles Brent was ordained to the priesthood on March 6 and accepted a position as a curate at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Buffalo.
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Charles Brent was assigned to St Andrew's Mission Chapel in Buffalo.
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In 1887, Charles Brent had met and been influenced by Father Hall, a member of the Society of St John the Evangelist, an Anglican monastic order, often called the Cowley Fathers.
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Charles Brent lived and worked with the Society of St John the Evangelist from 1888 until 1891, but he never took monastic vows.
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The Father Superior's highhandedness led Charles Brent to leave the order.
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Charles Brent suffered losses in the death of his mother and the death of his friend and fellow-worker Torbert.
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Charles Brent was elected to the faculty of the University of the South.
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Charles Brent remained in that position until February 19,1918.
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Charles Brent was busy during this time doing things that included the following:.
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Charles Brent's ministry was congruent with the reasons that McKinley gave for annexing the Philippines.
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Charles Brent arrived in Manila on August 25,1902, with the "clear-cut missionary policy" which he had formulated during the eight months' interim before he left the United States.
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Therefore, three months after his arrival, Charles Brent opened a mission to the Chinese population of Manila who were "virtually untouched" by Christianity.
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In 1903, Charles Brent took a journey through this "wild and inaccessible" territory.
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The Moros Another of the three non-Christian groups Charles Brent focused on converting was the Muslims who lived in the southern Sulu Archipelago.
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The visit that effected Charles Brent's winning a measure of confidence in him was planned by Charles Brent in collaboration with the government.
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William Howard Taft, the American governor and friend of Charles Brent wanted a peaceful settlement.
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Charles Brent saw "considerable value" in Roman Catholic theology, so he supported cooperation at first.
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However, after eighteen months in the Philippines, Charles Brent "expressed almost complete disillusionment" with the Roman Catholic church.
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Charles Brent believed that these faith and order issues had to be dealt with before genuine unity could be achieved.
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Charles Brent's proposal was unanimously adopted and a commission was set up to implement it.
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In November 1910, Charles Brent gave an address at Howard University, an historically black school in Washington, DC His prior assignments had prepared Charles Brent for such an occasion.
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Charles Brent knew Brent; he had been baptized and confirmed by him in the Philippines.
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Pershing invited Charles Brent to be the Chief-of-Chaplains of the American Expeditionary Forces.
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Charles Brent served in this capacity from 1917 to 1918.
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Charles Brent was chosen in 1918 by Pershing to deliver the General's message to the men on the American and British ships stationed in the North Sea.
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Charles Brent's health was broken, he could not return to the unhealthy climate of Manila, so he accepted.
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Charles Brent took up residence and his duties in 1919.
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Charles Brent found that in Baguio the Easter School was badly damaged.
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Charles Brent was elected the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York on October 2,1917.
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In 1925, Brent preached the sermon at the consecration of Ernest M Stires as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.
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Charles Brent led the effort which got off to "a good start" with the 1922 General Convention budgeting $10,000.
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In 1929, just before Charles Brent "sailed for that ecumenical journey in 1929 on which he died," he gave an interview explaining why he believed church colleges were so important.
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Charles Brent worked during that time as one of the organizers.
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Charles Brent was elected as presiding officer by a unanimous vote.
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Charles Brent opened the Conference by reminding the delegates that neither "total agreement" nor "a federation" of the denominations was their purpose.
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In 1928, Charles Brent represented the Episcopal Church at Cosmo Gordon Lang's enthronement as archbishop of Canterbury on December 4,1928.
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Charles Brent died in Europe without ever returning to his diocese.
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Charles Brent preached his last sermon in Canterbury Cathedral in November 1928.
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The "last public appearance" by Charles Brent was "as representative of the Episcopal Church at the enthronement of Cosmo Gordon Lang as archbishop of Canterbury" on December 4,1928.
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Charles Brent stopped at Lausanne, Switzerland where he died on March 27,1929.
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On January 2,1929, Charles Brent wrote in his diary that the title of his next book would be Things that Matter.
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Two memorial services for Charles Brent were held in the Diocese of Western New York.
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The Rite 2 version of Charles Brent's prayer is as follows:.
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Charles Brent went to the Philippines as missionary bishop with "a three pronged mission" one of which was education.
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In fulfillment of this mission, in 1909, Charles Brent founded the Charles Brent International School, at first named Baguio School, in Baguio.