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- Charles Simeon (born Sept. 24, 1759, Reading, Berkshire, Eng.—died Nov. 13, 1836, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was an Anglican clergyman and biblical commentator who led the Evangelical (or Low Church) movement, in reaction to the liturgically and episcopally oriented High Church party.
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Charles Simeon (24 September 1759 – 13 November 1836) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric.
Sep 20, 2024 · Charles Simeon was an Anglican clergyman and biblical commentator who led the Evangelical (or Low Church) movement, in reaction to the liturgically and episcopally oriented High Church party. Simeon was educated at King’s College, Cambridge, where he became vice provost (1790–92).
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Aug 8, 2008 · Though he became a model for modern figures like John Stott, Charles Simeon started his life in Cambridge as anything but a model. In 1779, the young Simeon, from an aristocratic family, came...
In April, 1831, Charles Simeon was 71 years old. He had been the pastor of Trinity Church, Cambridge, England, for 49 years. He was asked one afternoon by his friend, Joseph Gurney, how he had surmounted persecution and outlasted all the great prejudice against him in his 49-year ministry.
Charles Simeon. Charles Simeon was a contemporary of William Wilberforce and John Wesley. His father was a successful barrister and he was sent to Eton at age 8. After Eton, he went to King’s College, Cambridge.
In 1782 Simeon was made Minister of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Cambridge. In this pastorate he lived and expressed the love of Christ to society around him, for decade after decade, in spite of countless vicissitudes.
Charles Simeon was born on September 24, 1759. He attended school at Eton and enrolled at King's College, Cambridge, in 1779. Although baptized as an infant, his family was not particularly religious and neither was Charles, until an experience during his first few months at university.
