Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00435)

Pedro, I wrote to you:

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What year was C.W. Leadbeater born?

Was he born 1847 or 1854??

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You replied:

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I really don't know, Daniel, as I have no 
means to ascertain it. Dr Tillet's comments are 
quite extensive, of course. Personally, on
this matter I tend to agree with the opinion 
of the late Dr Hugh Shearman. I know a number 
of cases of people in Brazil, for example,
who had their births registered much after 
the actual date of birth. Apparently, this 
happens in other countries in the world as well.

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Pedro, I call attention to one of your sentences:

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Personally, on this matter I tend TO AGREE with 
the opinion of the late Dr Hugh Shearman.

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What EXACTLY was the opinion of Dr. Shearman ON THIS 
MATTER?

ON THIS MATTER? I assume Pedro that you are referring to
the issue of the birthdate: 1847 versus 1854.

So what was Hugh Shearman's opinion?

I give two statements below by Gregory Tillett:

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On what basis did the Liberal Catholic Church accept the corrected
Leadbeater birth date (as, e.g., in the Shearman book and the Shearman
biographical preface to "A Christian Gnosis") and then revert to the 
old birthdate (as, e.g. in the General Episcopal Synod resolution 
that, since Leadbdater could not lie, he must have been born in 1847)?


The Church had, apparently, originally
accepted the corrected birth date, publishing a booklet by Hugh
Shearman which stated (and attempted to explain) it, and
revising material published by the Liberal Catholic Institute of
Studies to include (but not note or explain) the changed date.

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It would appear from Tillet's statements that Dr. Shearman
accepted the 1854 birthdate for Leadbeater in two of his publications.

Therefore, Pedro, do you "tend to agree with the opinion 
of the late Dr Hugh Shearman" that Leadbeater was born in 1854?

Or do you dispute what Tillett has written about Dr. Shearman's
opinion about the 1854 birthdate?

Daniel
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