Alexander Forbes of Brechin
The First Tractarian Bishop
Rowan Strong (St George Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History for the Perth College of Divinity, St George Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History for the Perth College of Divinity, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia)
A study of the first member of the Oxford Movement to become a bishop (the Bishop of Brechin from 1847 to 1875). The volume describes how, as leader of the Movement in Scotland, Forbes was a significant influence and example to Tractarians in...