Victor Premasagar (1927–2005) was the fourth successor of Frank Whittaker as

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. He was an Indian churchman and

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scholar who made major contributions to research on the Old Testament and to the field of

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. Premasagar's articles appeared in the '' Expository Times'' (1966), the ''

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'' (1966), the ''

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'' (1972), and the ''

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'' (1974) and cited in major works relating to the theme of

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in the

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and critical works on

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LXXX and the

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word HOQ in the

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who tended rural congregations in the

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in north

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until 1961 when he became a seminary teacher at

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and then moving out to

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and later

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in 1972 and taught

. In 1980, the Church of South India recalled Premasagar to take up ministerial responsibilities and made him general secretary of the Church of South India Synod at its XVIIth session of the held at

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. In 1983, Premasagar became a

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and subsequently a

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of the Church of South India Synod for two consecutive bienniums: 1988–1990 and 1990–1992.

Early years

Premasagar was born in Medak and was raised a Christian in what is now the

. In addition to the ancient

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, his boyhood was filled with stories from the Bible. In the foreword to ''Promise in the Ancestral Narratives'', his doctoral dissertation, Premasagar made mention of the Biblical stories that his mother told during his childhood and the promise they held. He completed his schooling from Wesley School in

. It was around this time that he to study

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. He completed his college studies from the century-old Andhra-Christian College (under

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. His contemporaries there included

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(a film actor and later Chief Minister of

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). Premasagar was involved in athletics. Football and

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were his favourite sports.

Spiritual studies

Graduate: Karnataka

Victor went to the United Theological College in

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and studied spirituality during 1950–1954K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997'', Bangalore, 1997. Past students of the college diploma course, p.25. and took his

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in 1955 in the ensuing convocation of the

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during the Registrarship of

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William Stewart. Others studying during that period at UTC Bangalore included G. Solomon,

V. C. Samuel Vilakuvelil Cherian Samuel ( Malayalam: വി.സി. സാമുവേൽ; Hebrew :שְׁמוּאֵל ; Greek: Σαμουήλ; Arabic: صموئيل; Latin:Samūēl Amharic: ሳሙኤል1912–1998), called ''Samuel Achen'' was an India ...

E. C. John Revd. E. C. John (8 November 1927 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian Old Testament scholar and a member of the Society for Biblical Studies in India. He was also a member of the George Bell Institute at the University of Chichester, Chichester ...

Samuel Amirtham Samuel Amirtham (19 August 1932 – 26 September 2017) Mangalore Today, ''Kerala CSI Bishop Amirtham passes away'', 28 September 201/ref> was an Indian Bishop and Old Testament Scholar who taught in Spiritual formation centres affiliated to Senat ...

N. D. Anandarao Samuel N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel (1928–1999) was Bishop of Krishna Godavari of the Church of South India. Early years Ananda Rao Samuel was born on 29 December 1928Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) The Union Theological Seminary in the City ...

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G. B. Devasahayam Bishop G. B. Devasahayam ''(born 23 August 1925; died 20 August 1996)'' The Hindu'', Hyderabad Edition, ''Death Anniversaries'' August 20, 2016, p.4.'' was the second elected CSI-Bishop - in - Karimnagar Diocese of the Church of South India who ...

Postgraduate: England

Premasagar was sent to

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where he specialized in the study of the

studying from 1964 to 1966

, ''Farewell Address Presented to Victor Premasagar'', 1992. at

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(affiliated to the

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) and was awarded the

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Doctoral: Scotland

In 1969, the Board of Governors of ACTC accorded Premasagar study leave, which he used to go to

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for further studies in the Old Testament. He studied in St Mary's College between 1969 and 1972 and was guided by William McKane and J. D. Martin. He was awarded a

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by St. Andrews University based on his dissertation entitled ''The Theme of Promise in the Patriarchal Narratives''.P. Victor Premasagar, ''The Theme of Promise in the Patriarchal Narratives'', University of StAndrews, 1972. Cited in Laurence A. Turner, ''Announcements of Plot in Genesis'', Wipf and Stock, Eugene, 2007, p.19

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Ecclesiastical ministry

Pastor

After Premasagar's ordination as

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, he began pastoring parishes in

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, Soan, and Shankarampet.

Teacher

Premasagar first taught at the Andhra Union Theological College (AUTC),

, between 1961 and 1964, and his other colleagues included

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and later he left for specialized studies to

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. By this time, the AUTC together with the Lutheran Theological College,

and the

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formed the

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in 1964. By the time Premasagar returned from his studies in 1966, he was reassigned to teach at the new entity in the river town of Rajahmundry. Again between 1969 and 1972 after a period of study leave, he returned to ACTC to continue his teaching and became its second principal in 1973 succeeding

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. On invitation from

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, in the United States, he took sabbatical from ACTC to teach there for a year. On his return, the board of governors extended the term of principalship by two more terms, 1973–1976 and 1977–1980. David, a

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scholar, succeeded Premasagar as principal at ACTC. Premasagar used to teach Old Testament and

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at the Andhra Christian Theological College, first at Rajahmundry and then at

and co-faculty included W. D. Coleman and M. Vidyanandam.Talathoti Punnaiah, ''My Memoir, Ministry and Message – 60 years Life Experiences 1950–2010'', Self-published by the author, Kakinada, 2010, pp.11, 12, 18, 23, 33. By 1973, Premasagar's collegemate G. Solomon,''Foundations: A Baptist Journal of History and Theology'', Volumes 11–12, 1968, pp.318–319.

/ref> a teacher in Old Testament at the Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College joined the faculty, also teaching Old Testament. By 1977, G. Babu Rao, a teacher in Old Testament at

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moved to the college.

Synod and bishopric

Synod

* General Secretary While continuing to serve at ACTC, he was elected in-absentia as General secretary of the Church of South India Synod at its XVIIth session held at

in 1980. * Deputy Moderator During the XXth session of the Church of South India Synod held at

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in 1986, Premasagar was elected as the deputy moderator. * Moderator During the XIst session of the Church of South India Synod held during 13–18 January 1988 in

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, he was elected as the moderator of the

Bishopric

Later, in 1983 he was elected as the

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, Asia's largest Anglican bishopric. It was at this time that indigenous methods were devised and put into practice for raising funds from the local congregations for supporting church programmes which was met with widespread success. He was instrumental in bringing rapid development of the church – congregation-wise as well as in its social action. As for the educational institutions in the Diocese of Medak, schools were made to adapt to modern trends to face the changing pattern. St. George's Grammar School, Wesley College and other educational institutions were modernised during Premasagar's tenure. In 1983,

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came to

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. On 20 November 1983, the Queen celebrated her 36th wedding anniversary in the Holy Trinity Church in Bolarum,

. The church service was officiated by Bishop Premasagar and his ministerial colleagues Rev. B. Prabhakar Rao and Rev.

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, the present bishop-in-Medak and the moderator of the CSI.

Lambeth Conference

The bishops of the Church of South India are invited to the decennial

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held at the

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, the seat of the archbishop of Canterbury in London. Rev. Premasagar attended the eleventh and twelfth conferences in 1978 and 1988 respectively.

Other endeavours

Bible Society of India

Premasagar was a translator for the

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(BSI) in its Telugu Bible Common Language Translation Programme since the 1970s. He headed the Translations Committee of the

Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary The Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary''Prema Sakshi'', Volume 6, Issue 4, August 2008. pp.11–41. ''Prema Sakshi'', a monthly registered (APTEL 07419/01/2002) magazine published by I. C. Ashok Kumar at Neena Publications, Door N ...

until the 1990s and then was followed by Rev. G. Babu Rao, his colleague while at ACTC. Premasagar was also the president of the Bible Society of India headquartered in Bangalore from 1988 to 1994G. D. V. Prasad, Chiranjivi J. Nirmal, ''Imaging the Word: A Twenty-First Century Perspective'', The Bible Society of India 1811–2011, Bible Society of India, Bangalore, 2000, (revised edition 2011), p.115.

/ref> and continued to be a member of the India Bible Society Trust Association for a long period.

Retirement

After retirement from the bishopric, Rev. Bird Ryder Devapriam, Ryder Devapriyam,

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and a former colleague of Rev. Premasagar while at ACTC, succeeded him as the moderator while Rev.

, presbyter-in-charge of Church of St John the Baptist, Secunderabad became the bishop-in-Medak. Post-retirement, Premasagar spent about a year at the

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as an invitee. On his return to India, Premasagar taught part-time at ACTC. He was later invited by Dr. K. Rajaratnam, director of

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to teach and guide doctoral students and was Professor Emeritus of Old Testament. In 2000, Premasagar accepted an invitation to become principal of

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, Guntur, where he taught until his death at St. Joseph's Hospital, Guntur, on 1 December 2005.

Works and legacy

Premasagar's research works have appeared in scholarly journals including the ''

'' and the ''

''. Some essays were written in his honour (''

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'') commemorating his ''shastipoorthi'' (completion of sixty years) and brought into a book edited by

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entitled ''The Church on the Move: Essays in honour of Victor Premasagar''

(Edited), ''The Church on the Move: Essays in honour of Victor Premasagar'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1988, p.vi

/ref> which was reviewed in 1990 by George Peck in the ''International Review of Mission Research''.George Peck, ''Book review on The Church on the move'' in the ''International Review of Mission Research'', Volume 14, Issue 2, 199

/ref> and a majority of his writings until that point of time compiled by his colleague, The Rev. G. Babu Rao,

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, appeared in the appendix to the ''festschrift''. * 1966, ''Note on Psalm lxxx'',P. Victor Premasagar, ''Note on Psalm lxxx'' in Expository Times, Volume 76, 1965–1966, pp.294–29

/ref> * 1966, ''A Note on ''HOQ'' in the Old Testament'',P. Victor Premasagar, ''A Note On in the Old Testament'',

, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp.358 – 361, 1966.

/ref> * 1972, ''Crisis for Salvation Theology!'',P. Victor Premasagar, ''Crisis for Salvation Theology!'', in ''

'', Volume 61, 1972, pp.61–6

/ref> *1974, ''Theology of Promise in the Patriarchal Narratives'', *1976, ''A Review of the Literature on Pastoral Ministry published in India during the last Twenty-Five Years'' * 1976, ''He emptied Himself – Bible Studies on Jesus Christ Frees and Unites'', *1977, ''Biblical concept of righteousness and the Indian context'', *1992, ''The Gods of our Fathers – Towards a Theology of Indian Religious and Cultural Heritage'' *1994, ''Vanaprasthasrama Dharma: A Programme of Renewal and Religion'', * 2000, ''Promise in the Ancestral Narratives: A theme of the early Hebrew traditions'', *2000, ''Evangelium Dei: Mission Paradigm for a New Global Vision'', * 2002, ''Interpretive Diary of a Bishop – Indian Experience in Translation and Interpretation of some Biblical passages'', * 2004, ''Theology of a Convert: A Contribution to Indian Christian Theology from the Cultural and Religious Heritage of India'', *2005, ''Jacob at the Jabbok: A struggle resulting in Transforming Experience'',P. Victor Premasagar, ''Jacob at the Jabbok: A struggle resulting in Transforming Experience'', in ''National Council of Churches Review'', Volume 125, 2005, pp.445f

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References

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