Harry Boone Porter Jr. (1923–1999) was an American

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priest,

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, and editor of ''

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'' magazine. Born on January 10, 1923, in

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, Porter was an alumnus of St. Paul's School in

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. He received his bachelor's degree from

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in 1947 and his STB from the

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in 1950. Porter was made deacon on April 12, 1950, and ordained to the priesthood on April 16, 1952. From 1950 until 1952, Porter was a fellow and tutor at the

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of the Episcopal Church, from which in 1952 he received an STM. He earned his DPhil from the

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in 1954. He taught

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, 1954–1960, and he was Professor of Liturgics at General Seminary from 1960 until 1970. He became editor of ''The Living Church'' magazine in 1977, retiring in 1990. In 1996, he received a master's degree in environmental studies from the

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. In addition to many other responsibilities in the Episcopal Church, Porter served on the Standing Liturgical Commission from 1961 to 1976, and the General Board of Examining Chaplains from 1970 to 1982. He was a member of Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission, the

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, the

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, and the Living Church Foundation, Inc. Porter died on June 5, 1999, in

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Published works

* The Day of Light: The Biblical and Liturgical Meaning of Sunday (1960) * Samuel Seabury, Bishop in a New Nation (1962) * Growth and Life in the Local Church (1968) *( Donald L. Garfield, editor) ''Towards a Living Liturgy: The Liturgy of the Lord's Supper Examined in Essays'' (1969, contributor) * Keeping the Church Year (1977) * Jeremy Taylor, Liturgist (1613–1667) (1979) * A Song of Creation (1986)

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