Значение слова MANNING в Литературной энциклопедии

MANNING

1) ANNE (1807-1879).-Miscellaneous writer. Her best known works are _Mistress Mary Powell_, which first appeared in _Sharpe's Magazine_ in 1849, and _The Household of Sir Thomas More_, a delightful picture of More's home life told in the form of a diary written by his daughter Margaret. Her writings have much literary charm, and show a delicate historical imagination. 2) MANNING, HENRY EDWARD (1808-1892).-Cardinal and theologian. _B._ at Totteridge, Herts, and _ed._ at Harrow and Oxf., where he became notable as an eloquent preacher, and as one of the ablest of the Tractarian party. He was rector of Woollavington-cum-Graffham 1833, and Archdeacon of Chichester 1840. In 1851 he entered the Church of Rome, in which he attached himself to the Ultramontane party. More even than Newman he was the leading spirit of the Roman Church in England. His writings consist of sermons, of which he _pub._ several vols. before his secession from the Church of England, and controversial works, including _Petri Privilegium_ (1871), _The Vatican Decrees_ (1875), in answer to Gladstone's _Vaticanism_, and _The Eternal Priesthood_ (1883). He became Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster 1865, and Cardinal 1875.

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