ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM

Volume I · p. 550 · 1948 · Apologetics

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ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM. - English convert, b. Feb. 12, 1813, d. June 17, 1903 in London, son of a Protestant minister and himself a minister. From the study of the Fathers he was led to the Catholic Church, into which he was received by Newman (v.) on Sept. 11, 1850. In 1853 he was professor of history and philosophy of history at the University of Dublin. He wrote many volumes of apologetics, in addition to the volume on his conversion: The See of St. Peter (1850) and the autobiography, A Life's Decision (1880). He was the last survivor of the Oxford movement (v. OXFORD, movimento di).

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M. H. Allies, s. v. in The Cath. Encyclopedia, I, pp. 323-25.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 903–904.

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“Allies, thomas william.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 903–904. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/allies-thomas-william.

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“Allies, thomas william.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 903–904. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/allies-thomas-william.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Allies, thomas william},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {903--904},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/allies-thomas-william}
}