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Henry Chadwick


Born
in Bromley, Kent, England, The United Kingdom
June 23, 1920

Died
June 17, 2008

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Henry Chadwick was a British academic, theologian and Church of England priest. A former dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford – and as such, head of Christ Church, Oxford – he also served as master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
A leading historian of the early church, Chadwick was appointed Regius Professor at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was a noted supporter of improved relations with the Catholic Church, and a leading member of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission. An accomplished musician, having studied music to degree level, he took a leading part in the revision and updating of hymnals widely used within Anglicanism, chairing the board of the publisher Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. for 20 years.

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“Nothing is sadder than someone who has lost his memory, and the church which has lost its memory is in the same state of senility.”
Henry Chadwick

“What they (Americans) do, they want to be in a hurry.”
Henry Chadwick

“[Mani] deleted as interpolations all texts in the New Testament that assumed either the order and goodness of matter or the inspiration and authority of the Old Testament. Otherwise he thought his expurgated New Testament a sound book.”
Henry Chadwick, Augustine: A Very Short Introduction

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