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John Colenso

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John William Colenso (24 January 1814 – 20 June 1883) was a British mathematician, theologian, Biblical scholar and social activist, who was the first Church of England Bishop of Natal. [1]

56 relations: Abraham Kuenen, African National Congress, Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, Anglo-Zulu War, Biblical studies, BiblioBazaar, Boer, Book of Joshua, Cambridge University Press, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Church of England, Colony of Natal, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, Diocese of Natal, Durban, Epistle to the Romans, Forncett St Mary, Frances Colenso, Freddie Jones, Frederick Denison Maurice, Hamilton Baynes, Harrow School, Henry Bartle Frere, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, High church, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Lambeth Conference, Langalibalele, Longman, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, New Testament, Pentewan, Pietermaritzburg, Polygenism, Rector (ecclesiastical), Robben Island, Robert Gray (bishop of Cape Town), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sizar, Smith's Prize, St Austell, St John's College, Cambridge, The Right Reverend, Theophilus Shepstone, Torah, Ultra vires, Unitarianism, University of Cambridge, Usher (occupation), Wilhelm Bleek, ..., William Colenso, William Macrorie, Wrangler (University of Cambridge), Zulu Dawn, Zulu language, Zulu people. Expand index (6 more) »

Abraham Kuenen

Abraham Kuenen (16 September 1828 – 10 December 1891) was a Dutch Protestant theologian, the son of an apothecary.

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African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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Anglican Diocese of Cape Town

The Diocese of Cape Town is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) which presently covers central Cape Town, some of its suburbs and the island of Tristan da Cunha, though in the past it has covered a much larger territory.

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Anglo-Zulu War

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

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Biblical studies

Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible (the Tanakh and the New Testament).

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BiblioBazaar

BiblioBazaar is, with Nabu Press, an imprint of the historical reprints publisher BiblioLife, which is based in Charleston, South Carolina and owned by BiblioLabs LLC.

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Boer

Boer is the Dutch and Afrikaans noun for "farmer".

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Book of Joshua

The Book of Joshua (ספר יהושע) is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) and the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Cetshwayo kaMpande

Cetshwayo kaMpande (c. 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1879 and its leader during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Colony of Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa.

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Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo

Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 18 October 1913, commonly misspelled Dinizulu) was the king of the Zulu nation from 20 May 1884 until his death in 1913.

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Diocese of Natal

The Diocese of Natal is in the region of Natal, South Africa, the diocese has its northern boundary at the Tugela River.

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Durban

Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay/lagoon") is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third most populous in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Epistle to the Romans

The Epistle to the Romans or Letter to the Romans, often shortened to Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament.

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Forncett St Mary

Forncett St Mary is a village in Norfolk, England.

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Frances Colenso

Frances Colenso or Frances Ellen Colenso (30 May 1849 – 28 April 1887) was an English historian of the Zulu Wars.

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Freddie Jones

Frederick Charles JonesBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.; at ancestry.com (born 12 September 1927) is an English character actor.

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Frederick Denison Maurice

John Frederick Denison Maurice (29 August 1805 – 1 April 1872), often known as F. D. Maurice, was an English Anglican theologian, a prolific author, and one of the founders of Christian socialism.

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Hamilton Baynes

Arthur Hamilton Baynes (23 March 1854 – 30 June 1942) was a Church of England priest and Bishop of Natal and Maritzburg from 1893 to 1901.

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Harrow School

Harrow School is an independent boarding school for boys in Harrow, London, England.

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Henry Bartle Frere

Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a British colonial administrator.

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Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon

Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, (24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890), known as Lord Porchester from 1833 to 1849, was a British politician and a leading member of the Conservative Party.

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High church

The term "high church" refers to beliefs and practices of ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology, generally with an emphasis on formality and resistance to "modernisation." Although used in connection with various Christian traditions, the term originated in and has been principally associated with the Anglican/Episcopal tradition, where it describes Anglican churches using a number of ritual practices associated in the popular mind with Roman Catholicism.

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for certain British territories and Commonwealth countries.

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Lambeth Conference

The Lambeth Conference is a decennial assembly of bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Langalibalele

Langalibalele (isiHlubi: The sun is boiling hot), also known as Mtetwa (c1814 – 1889), was king of the amaHlubi, a Bantu tribe in what is the modern-day province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Longman

Longman, commonly known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

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Mpande kaSenzangakhona

Mpande (1798–1872) was monarch of the Zulu Kingdom from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king.

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New Testament

The New Testament (Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, trans. Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē; Novum Testamentum) is the second part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible.

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Pentewan

Pentewan (Bentewyn, meaning foot of the radiant stream) is a coastal village and former port in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg (Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Polygenism

Polygenism is a theory of human origins which posits the view that the human races are of different origins (polygenesis).

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Rector (ecclesiastical)

A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations.

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Robben Island

Robben Island (Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Robert Gray (bishop of Cape Town)

Robert Gray (3 October 1809 – 1 September 1872) was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets.

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Sizar

At Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge, a sizar is an undergraduate who receives some form of assistance such as meals, lower fees or lodging during his or her period of study, in some cases in return for doing a defined job.

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Smith's Prize

The Smith's Prize was the name of each of two prizes awarded annually to two research students in mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1769.

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St Austell

St Austell (S.) is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, UK.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).

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The Right Reverend

The Right Reverend (abbreviations: The Rt Revd; The Rt Rev'd; The Rt Rev.) is a style applied to certain religious figures.

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Theophilus Shepstone

Theophilus Shepstone Sir Theophilus Shepstone (8 January 1817 – 23 June 1893) was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877.

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Torah

Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") has a range of meanings.

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Ultra vires

Ultra vires is a Latin phrase meaning "beyond the powers".

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Unitarianism

Unitarianism (from Latin unitas "unity, oneness", from unus "one") is historically a Christian theological movement named for its belief that the God in Christianity is one entity, as opposed to the Trinity (tri- from Latin tres "three") which defines God as three persons in one being; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Usher (occupation)

An usher is a person who shows people where to sit, especially at a theatre or when attending a wedding.

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Wilhelm Bleek

Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (8 March 1827 – 17 August 1875) was a German linguist.

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William Colenso

William Colenso (7 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician.

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William Macrorie

The Rt Revd William Kenneth Macrorie (1831–1905) was bishop of the diocese of Maritzburg, while John Colenso was bishop of the Diocese of Natal.

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Wrangler (University of Cambridge)

At the University of Cambridge in England, a "Wrangler" is a student who gains first-class honours in the third year of the University's undergraduate degree in mathematics.

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Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn is a 1979 war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa.

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Zulu language

Zulu (Zulu: isiZulu) is the language of the Zulu people, with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa.

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Zulu people

The Zulu (amaZulu) are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colenso

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