Arthur Gabriel Hebert (1886–1963) was an English

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(more strictly a member of the

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), and a proponent within

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of the ideas of the

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. Hebert was very much aware of the social implications of liturgical renewal in

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through contact with

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monasteries in Austria and Germany as well as having contact with artists in Protestant circles in Switzerland. Furthermore, his interactions with the high church Lutheran movement in Sweden led to becoming a translator of several works from Swedish to English. This included ''

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'''s groundbreaking book on the atonement, '' Christus Victor'', when it was published in English in 1931. Aulén would later say in his autobiography that it was Hebert that came up with that name for the work and that he preferred the Englishman's name for it than his own, ''Den Kristna Försoningstanken'' (SV. = EN. ''The Christian Concept of Reconciliation''). Hebert would also translate Part I of

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's important work '' Eros och Agape'' into English in 1932. Hebert was, in some respects, a disciple of Gregory Dix.

Early life

Hebert was born on 28 May 1886 in

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, the son of the priest Septimus Hebert and his wife Caroline Charlotte Haslam. He was educated at

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. He graduated from

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, with

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in '' literae humaniores'' in 1908 and with first-class honours in

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in 1909. Following his ordination to the diaconate in 1911, Hebert was priested in 1912.

Works

*translator of ''Eucharistic Faith and Practice'' by

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, London: SPCK, 1930 *translator of ''Christus Victor: An Historical Study of the Three Main Types of the Idea of Atonement'', by Gustaf Aulén, London: SPCK, 1931 *translator of ''Agape and Eros - a study of the Christian idea of love. Part I'', by Anders Nygren, London: SPCK, 1932 * *''Liturgy and Society'', London: Faber and Faber, 1935 *''The Parish Eucharist'', 1936 *''The Throne of David'', 1941 *''The Form of the Church'', 1945 *contributor to ''Catholicity: a study in the conflict of Christian traditions in the west / being a report presented to...the Archbishop of Canterbury'', Westminster: Dacre Press, 1947 *''The Authority of the Old Testament'', London: Faber and Faber, 1947 *''Fundamentalism and the Church of God'', Philadelphia: Westminster, 1957 *''The Christ of Faith and the Jesus of History'', London: SCM Press, 1962 *''The Old Testament from Within'', London: Oxford, 1962 *''Apostle and Bishop: a study of the Gospel, the ministry, and the Church-community'', London: Faber and Faber, 1963 *contributor to ''True Worship'', ed. Lancelot Sheppard, Baltimore : London: Helicon Press; Darton, Longman & Todd, 1963 *Articles in ''The Expository Times''

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1886 births 1963 deaths People from Newark and Sherwood (district) People educated at Harrow School Alumni of New College, Oxford 20th-century Anglican theologians 20th-century Church of England clergy 20th-century English translators Swedish–English translators Anglican liturgists Anglican monks Anglo-Catholic clergy Anglo-Catholic theologians English Anglican theologians English Anglo-Catholics English Christian monks {{England-theologian-stub