Nascido em Londres, maio de 1838; faleceu em Londres, 30 de maio de 1899; quarto filho de Francis Rivington, um conhecido editor londrino. Foi educado na Highgate Grammar School e no Magdalen College, Oxford. Após sua ordenação como clérigo anglicano em 1862, tornou-se vigário de St. Clement's, Oxford, saindo de lá em 1867 para All Saint's, Margaret Street, Londres, onde atraiu atenção como pregador. Fracassando em seus esforços para fundar uma comunidade religiosa em Stoke, Staffordshire, juntou-se aos Padres Cowley e tornou-se superior da casa deles em Bombaim. Tornando-se instável em suas convicções religiosas, visitou Roma, onde, em 1888, foi recebido na Igreja. Sua ordenação ao sacerdócio ocorreu em 21 de setembro de 1889. Retornou à Inglaterra e estabeleceu-se em Bayswater, não assumindo trabalho paroquial, mas dedicando-se à pregação, à escuta de confissões e à produção de obras controversas. As principais delas foram "Authority; or a plain reason for joining the Church of Rome" (1888); "Dust" uma carta ao Rev. C. Gore sobre seu livro "Roman Catholic Claims" (1888); "Dependence; or the insecurity of the Anglican Position" (1889); "The Primitive Church and the See of Peter" (1894); "Anglican Fallacies; or Lord Halifax on Reunion" (1895); "Rome and England or Ecclesiastical Continuity" (1897); "The Roman Primacy A.D. 430-51" (1899) que era praticamente uma nova edição de "The Primitive Church and the See of Peter". Ele também escreveu vários panfletos e lançou uma nova edição do "End of Religious Controversy" do Bispo Milner. Isso foi para a Catholic Truth Society, da qual foi membro do comitê por muito tempo, e uma figura proeminente nas conferências anuais tão bem organizadas pela sociedade. Seus panfletos incluem "Primitive and Roman" (1894) uma resposta à notificação de seu livro "The Primitive Church" na "Church Quarterly Review"; "The Conversion of Cardinal Newman" (1896) e "Tekel" (1897) em que criticou a resposta dos Arcebispos de Cantuária e York ao Papa Leão XIII após a condenação das Ordens Anglicanas. Em 1897, o papa lhe conferiu um doutorado honoris causa em divindade. Durante seus últimos anos, viveu perto da igreja de St. James, Spanish Place, dedicando-se ao seu trabalho literário e à instrução de inquiridores na Fé Católica.
Born in London, May, 1838; died in London, 30 May, 1899; fourth son of Francis Rivington, a well-known London publisher. He was educated at Highgate Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford. After his ordination as an Anglican clergyman in 1862, he became curate of St. Clement's, Oxford, leaving there in 1867 for All Saint's, Margaret Street, London, where he attracted attention as a preacher. Failing in his efforts to found a religious community at Stoke, Staffordshire, he joined the Cowley Fathers and became superior of their house in Bombay. Becoming unsettled in his religious convictions he visited Rome, where in 1888 he was received into the Church. His ordination to the priesthood took place on 21 Sept., 1889. He returned to England and settled in Bayswater, not undertaking any parochial work, but devoting himself to preaching, hearing confessions, and writing controversial works. The chief of these were "Authority; or a plain reason for joint the Church of Rome" (1888); "Dust" a letter to the Rev. C. Gore on his book "Roman Catholic Claims" (1888); "Dependence; or the insecurity of the Anglican Position" (1889) "The Primitive Church and the See of Peter" (1894); "Anglican Fallacies; or Lord Halifax on Reunion" (1895); "Rome and England or Ecclesiastical Continuity" (1897); "The Roman Primacy A.D. 430-51" (1899) which was practically a new edition of "The Primitive Church and the See of Peter". He also wrote several pamphlets and brought out a new edition of Bishop Milner's "End of Religious Controversy". This was for the Catholic Truth Society of which he was long a member of the committee, and a prominent figure at the annual conferences so successfully organized by the society. His pamphlets include "Primitive and Roman" (1894) a reply to the notice of his book "The Primitive Church" in the "Church Quarterly Review"; "The Conversion of Cardinal Newman" (1896) and "Tekel" (1897) in which he criticized the reply of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to Pope Leo XIII after the condemnation of Anglican Orders. In 1897 the pope conferred on him an honorary doctorate in divinity. During his latter years he lived near St. James church, Spanish Place, devoting himself to his literary work and the instruction of inquirers in the Catholic Faith.
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- The Tablet (3 e 10 de junho de 1899)
- Catholic Book Notes (15 de junho de 1899)
- GILLOW, Bibl. Dict. Cath.
- Annual Register (Londres, 1899).
- The Tablet (3 and 10 June, 1899)
- Catholic Book Notes (15 June, 1899)
- GILLOW, Bibl. Dict. Cath.
- Annual Register (London, 1899).