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Ely Professor Of Divinity
The Ely Professorship of Divinity was one of the professorships in divinity at the University of Cambridge. Originally part of the Regius Professorship of Greek, it was detached in 1889 and funded by the canonry of Ely, but has since been suppressed. The professors holding this chair were thus made residentiary canons of Ely Cathedral. Ely Professors * Vincent Henry Stanton (1889) * Alan England Brooke (1916) * John Martin Creed (1926) * John Sandwith Boys Smith (1940) * William Telfer (1944) * Edward Craddock Ratcliffe (1947) * Stanley Lawrence Greenslade (1958) * G.W.H. Lampe (1960) * George Christopher Stead The Revd George Christopher Stead (April 9, 1913 – May 28, 2008) was British patristic scholar and Church of England clergyman who was the last Ely Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on the phil ... (1971) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Professor of Divinity, Ely, Cambridge Divinity, Ely School of Arts and Human ...
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William Telfer (academic)
The Revd Canon William Telfer (16 January 1886 – 13 January 1968) was an English clergyman and academic, who specialised in early Christian studies. Telfer held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including Dean of Clare College, Cambridge (1921), Ely Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University (1944–1947) and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge (1947–1956). Telfer was born in Rochester, Kent, the son of a schoolmaster. After graduating from Clare College in 1908, he was ordained and became the Vicar of All Saints Church in Rotherhithe, which was later destroyed by a bomb in 1944. In 1921, Telfer returned to his alma mater as a Fellow. Even after retiring, he continued to write on theological subjects. During the First World War, Telfer served as a chaplain and was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916 Birthday Honours The 1916 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by cit ...
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1889 Establishments In The United Kingdom
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ...
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School Of Arts And Humanities, University Of Cambridge
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be ava ...
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Professorships At The University Of Cambridge
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital letter nearly always refers to a full professo ...
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Ely Professors Of Divinity
Ely or ELY may refer to: Places Ireland * Éile, a medieval kingdom commonly anglicised Ely * Ely Place, Dublin, a street United Kingdom * Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England ** Ely Cathedral ** Ely Rural District, a former district surrounding Ely, Cambridgeshire on the west and north ** Isle of Ely, a historic region and former county around the city of Ely ** Diocese of Ely, a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury * Ely Place, a road in London * Ely, Cardiff, a suburb of west Cardiff, Wales ** Ely (Cardiff electoral ward) * River Ely, a river in Wales that flows through Cardiff United States * Ely, Iowa, a city * Ely, Minnesota, a city * Ely, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Ely, Nevada, a city and county seat * Ely, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Ely, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Ely Township, Michigan * Norton, Yolo County, California, formerly Ely * Ely, a village belonging to Fairlee, Verm ...
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George Christopher Stead
The Revd George Christopher Stead (April 9, 1913 – May 28, 2008) was British patristic scholar and Church of England clergyman who was the last Ely Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on the philosophy of the Church Fathers. He studied under G.E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein while an undergraduate at Cambridge. His academic career was combined with ministry as a college chaplain and then residentiary Canon of the Ely Cathedral; he also served briefly as Curate of St. John's, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1939. Field of research Stead was particularly interested in the application of the Aristotelian concept of substance (ousia) to Christian theology and in the use of the term 'homoousios', initially in a context deemed heretical (in the teaching of Paul of Samosata) by the Council of Antioch (AD 268), subsequently more authoritatively by the Council of Nicaea (AD 325), which in turn gave rise to over half a century of heated dis ...
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Geoffrey Hugo Lampe
Geoffrey William Hugo Lampe (13 August 1912 – 5 August 1980) was a British theologian and Anglican priest who dedicated his life to theological teaching and research. He was Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham from 1953 to 1960. He then moved to the University of Cambridge where he was Ely Professor of Divinity from 1960 to 1970 and Regius Professor of Divinity from 1970 until his retirement in 1979. He was also a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. Lampe was educated at Blundells School between 1926 and 1931, from where he won a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford. He obtained first-class honours in Literae Humaniores in 1935 and in theology a year later. Lampe was a chaplain to 34 Armoured Brigade during the second half of World War II, and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery when rescuing wounded troops when under fire.
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Stanley Lawrence Greenslade
Stanley Lawrence Greenslade, FBA (14 May 1905 – 8 December 1977) was an English theologian, ecclesiastical historian and clergyman. He held the Regius Professorship of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford from 1959 to 1972. Early life and education Born on 14 May 1905 into a Methodist family, he was the son of William Greenslade, a Bristol- and Woodford-based businessman, and Alice, ''née'' Sear. The family's finances were often stretched, but Greenslade probably developed a love of reading from his mother. He was educated at a state school in Woodford; from there, he won a highly competitive scholarship to Christ's Hospital. There, under the headship of William Hamilton Fyfe, he enjoyed a rich musical and classical education, and won a classical scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, where he studied under J. D. Denniston. He graduated with a second-class degree in 1927. By that time, he had turned to Anglicanism and spent a year reading for the theolo ...
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Edward Craddock Ratcliffe
Edward Craddock Ratcliff (16 December 1896 – 30 July 1967) was an English Anglican priest and liturgical scholar. He was Professor of Liturgical Theology at King's College, London (1945–1947), and Ely Professor of Divinity (1947–1958) and Regius Professor of Divinity (1958–1964) at the University of Cambridge. Works *''The English Coronation Service'' (1936) *''The Book of Common Prayer: Its Making and Revisions'' (1949) *''The Coronation Service of Queen Elizabeth II'' (1953) *''From Uniformity to Unity'' (1962) See also * ''Book of Common Prayer The ''Book of Common Prayer'' (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The original book, published in 1549 in the reign ...'' * Christian liturgy References *Obituary, ''The Times'', July 4, 1967. *''Edward Craddock Ratcliff: A Bibliography of His Published Works'' ( Alcuin Club, 1967) ...
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John Sandwith Boys Smith
John Sandwith Boys Smith (8 January 1901 – 3 November 1991) was a 20th-century British priest and academic. Boys Smith was born in Hordle, Hampshire, in 1901. He was educated at Sherborne School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1927. After a curacy in Sutton Coldfield he returned to St John's where he was to stay until his retirement in 1969. He was its Chaplain from 1927 to 1934; a Fellow from 1927 until 1959; Tutor from 1934 to 1939; Junior Bursar from 1939 to 1944; Senior Bursar from 1944 to 1959; and Master from 1959 to 1969. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1965. In 1968, he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin. He died in Herne Hill Herne Hill is a district in South London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the borou ... in 1991. Hi ...
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Divinity
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine
– Dictionary.com.
What is or is not divine may be loosely defined, as it is used by different belief systems.


Etymology

The root of the word ''divine'' is literally "godly", but the use varies significantly depending on which deity is being discussed.


Usages

Divinity as a quality has two distinct usages: *Divine force or power - Powers or forces that are universal, or transcend human capacities *Divinity applied to mortals - Qualities of individuals who are considered to have some special access or relationship to the divine. Overlap occurs between these usages because
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