- Edmund Ffoulkes
Edmund Salisbury Ffoulkes (1819 or 1820 –
19 April 1894 ) was a Britishclergyman who converted fromAnglicanism toCatholicism and back again in the 19th century.Biography
Ffoulkes was educated at
Shrewsbury School andJesus College, Oxford . His uncle,Henry Foulkes was principal of the college from 1817 to 1857. [cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63887|title=The Victoria History of the County of Oxford Volume III – The University of Oxford | publisher=TheUniversity of London Institute of Historical Research | date=1954| last=Baker |first= J. N. L. |authorlink=J. N. L. Baker |page=278 ] He obtained a second-class degree inLiterae Humaniores in 1841. He became a Fellow of Jesus College in 1843, holding this position until 1855. [cite book|last=Hardy|first=Ernest George|authorlink=Ernest George Hardy|title=Jesus College|publisher=F. E. Robinson & Co|location=London|date=1899|chapter=Appendix III – List of Fellows] He was ordained as a priest in theChurch of England and also served for a time as the college's Junior Bursar. He joined theRoman Catholic Church in 1855. However, after fifteen years in the Catholic Church, he applied to his Bishop,Samuel Wilberforce , to be reinstated as a clergyman in the Church of England, and his request was granted. Jesus College appointed him as rector ofWigginton, Oxfordshire in 1876. When the position of vicar of theUniversity Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford became vacant in 1878, no Fellow ofOriel College wished to accept the appointment and the position was then offered to Ffoulkes, who had previously assisted at services.cite news|title=Rev. Edmund Salisbury Foulkes|date=21 April 1894 |page=12|work=The Times ]Ffoulkes wrote several theological works, including "Christendom's Divisions", "The Church's Creed or the Crown's Creed", and "The Primitive Consecration of the Eucharistic Oblation". His final work was "The History of St. Mary the Virgin". He also lectured in Divinity to the non-collegiate students at Oxford.
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