George Hay Forbes a Scottish Episcopalian

Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian church in Scotland, consisting of seven dioceses. Since the 17th century, it has had an identity distinct from the presbyterian Church of Scotland....

 clergyman, brother of Alexander Penrose Forbes

Alexander Penrose Forbes

Alexander Penrose Forbes , Scottish divine, was born at Edinburgh.He was the second son of John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, a judge of the court of session, and grandson of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo. He studied first at the Edinburgh Academy, then for two years under the Rev. Thomas Dale...

, bishop of Brechin

Bishop of Brechin

The Bishop of Brechin is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Brechin or Angus, based at Brechin Cathedral, Brechin. The diocese had a long-established Gaelic monastic community which survived into the 13th century. The clerical establishment may very well have traced their earlier origins...

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Despite severe physical adversity, Forbes was responsible for church building at Burntisland

Burntisland

Burntisland is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland on the Firth of Forth. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the town has a population of 5,940....

 near Edinburgh, where he founded the Pitsligo Press. Amongst his publications he edited works of St. Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa

St. Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory of Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity...

(1855, I861).

references

J.-P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca,XLIV,Paris, .
I. D. Moutsoula, Gregorios Nusses (Meros A/, II), Athens 1995.
Iain Sommerville, Burntisland's Churches, Part 7 - The Episcopalian Church and George Hay Forbes, .
Anglican Eucharistic Theology, Case Study 3,6, .