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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAitkenitesThe followers of Robert Aitken (1800-1873), a clergyman of the Church of England, ordained in 1823. Leaving the Church of England, he became for a time a Wesleyan preacher. In 1840, however, he returned, and in 1849 he became Vicar of Pendeen in Cornwall. Aitken’s experience of two types of Christianity led him to attempt to combine certain features of Methodism (e.g., the ecstatic prayer-meetings) with the ritual and teaching of the High Church Party. See the D.N.B., and J. H. Blunt. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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