John Emory (11 April 1789 – 1835) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1832. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight For individual churches named Methodist Episcopal Church, see Methodist Episcopal Church (disambiguation The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes
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Birth and Family
John was born at Spaniard's Neck, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Queen Anne's County is a County located on the Eastern Shore of the U His parents were Methodists, his father a jurist who designed him for the law. His mother, however, who had been converted under Garrettson, devoted John at birth to the ministry. His eldest son Robert, born in 1814, became a professor of Latin and Green at Dickinson College in 1836 and later its president. In 1841 he published a biography of his father, Life of the Rev. John Emory.
Education
He was educated by tutors at Easton and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and in Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland. Easton is a town in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11708 at the 2000 census Lancaster is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the County seat of Lancaster County. See Washington (disambiguation for institutions with similar names Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. He experienced "saving grace" at a Quarterly Meeting in 1806. He studied law in 1805 in the office of Judge R. T. Earle, Centerville, Maryland, and was admitted to the bar in 1808. Centreville is an Incorporated town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. But his attention soon turned to the pulpit, against his father's protests, and he entered the Traveling Ministry of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the M.E. Church in 1810. An Annual Conference in the United Methodist Church is a regional body that governs much of the life of the "Connectional Church For individual churches named Methodist Episcopal Church, see Methodist Episcopal Church (disambiguation The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes
Ordained Ministry
Emory became well known, and his services were much in demand throughout the Middle States. He was elected a Member of the General Conference of 1816, and then to each succeeding General Conference (with one exception) through 1832 (when he was elected to the Episcopacy). Episcopal polity is a form of church governance which is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a Bishop (Greek He was sent as a delegate to the British Wesleyan Conference in 1820. He was appointed Book Agent and Editor for the M. E. Church in 1824, with offices in New York City. The City of New York While a Bishop he continued an interest in the Book Concern, and during his management thereof was successful in paying-off all its debts, returning it to a solid foundation.
Literary ministry
He was especially active in promoting the improvement of the literature of the M. E. Church. For example, he founded the "Methodist Quarterly Review," nearly all the original articles in the first two volumes of which being from his own pen. He was prominent in the founding of the University of New York and of Wesleyan University, and was one of the principal organizers of Dickinson College as a Methodist school. This article concerns Wesleyan Dickinson College is a private residential liberal arts college in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
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He was an able debater. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations John Wesley (ˈwɛslɪ ( – March 2, 1791) was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian who was the founder of the (Evangelical Early life He was born at the Bell Inn Southgate Street Gloucester, England. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. 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He was of a logical turn of mind, and had command of a pure, clear, and vigorous style. As a Bishop he was largely influential in giving the Methodist Episcopal Book of Discipline its present form. The Book of Discipline constitutes the law and doctrine of the United Methodist Church.
College and University Namesakes
Emory College (later University) was named for him when a small band of Methodists founded it in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia. Emory College may refer to Emory College an academic division of Emory University, located in DeKalb County Georgia USA in the Atlanta area A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Oxford is a city in Newton County, Georgia, in the United States. They named it Emory because the Bishop had inspired them with his broad vision for an American education that would mold character as well as mind. Emory & Henry College in the southwestern part of Virginia also bears Emory's name. Emory & Henry College, which is affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church, is a small private Liberal arts college located in Washington Like Emory University, it was founded in 1836 and continues to be affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap
Bishop Emory had died the previous year, when he fell from his horse while riding to a Methodist conference in Maryland.
Bishop Emory is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Baltimore near the graves of Bishops Francis Asbury and Beverly Waugh. Mount Olivet Cemetery is an old cemetery in western Baltimore Maryland, on Frederick Avenue Francis Asbury ( August 20 1745 &ndash March 31 1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Beverly Waugh (1789 - 1858 was an American who distinguished himself as a Methodist Pastor, Book Agent and Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
References in Pop Culture
- One of the Plutonians in the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force is named after John Emory. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF) is an American Animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part
References
- Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
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