Geoffrey William Hugo Lampe (13 August 1912 – 5 August 1980) was a British

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and Anglican priest who dedicated his life to theological teaching and research. He was

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at the

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from 1953 to 1960. He then moved to the

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where he was

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from 1960 to 1970 and

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from 1970 until his retirement in 1979. He was also a member of the

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of the

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. Lampe was educated at

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between 1926 and 1931, from where he won a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford. He obtained second-class honours in Classical Moderations in 1933 followed by first-class honours in Literae Humaniores in 1935 and in

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a year laterref. Lampe was a chaplain to 34 Armoured Brigade during the second half of

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, and was awarded the

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for bravery when rescuing wounded troops when under fire.Chapter 7: Interlude: Rest and Travel 13 Sept 1944 – 7 Oct 1944
, royaltankregiment.com.Retrieved 7 July 2017. He was particularly renowned for his dictionary of

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Greek, i.e. of vocabulary attested in Christian authors from

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to Theodore of Studium.

Bibliography

*The Seal of the Spirit, a study in the Doctrine of Baptism and Confirmation in the New Testament and the Fathers (Longmans, Green & Co), 1951. *A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford (Clarendon Press), 1961. *The Resurrection. A Dialogue Between Two Cambridge Professors in a Secular Age (Mowbray), 1966. *The Phenomenon of Christian Belief (Mowbray) 1970. *The Cambridge History of the Bible: West from the Fathers to the Reformation v. 2 (Cambridge University Press), 1975. *God as Spirit: The Bampton Lectures 1976: The Bampton Lectures (Clarendon Press), 1977.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lampe, Geoffrey 1912 births 1980 deaths Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Cambridge) Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War II British theologians English Anglican theologians People educated at Blundell's School Recipients of the Military Cross Fellows of the British Academy Ely Professors of Divinity