The Ecclesiastical History Society (EHS) is a British learned historical society founded in 1961 to foster interest in, and to advance the study of, all areas of the history of the
Christian Church
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Geoffrey Nuttall
Geoffrey Fillingham Nuttall (8 November 1911 – 24 July 2007) was a British Congregational minister and ecclesiastical historian.
Nuttall was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the son of the general practitioner. He was educated at Bootham Sc ...
, and W. R. Ward) and Catholic historians (including
Eamon Duffy
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Early life
Duffy was born on 9 February 1947, in Dundalk, I ...
and
Bill Sheils
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Education
She ...
) have been Presidents of the EHS. The society publishes '' Studies in Church History'' which reviews current approaches to
ecclesiastical history
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Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception.
Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual ...
that have been presented at the summer and winter conferences of the EHS. Membership comes in two categories: members and fellows. The Ecclesiastical History Society is a registered charity.
Fellows of the Ecclesiastical History Society include:
Rowan Williams
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Isabel Rivers
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Janet Nelson
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Early life
Born on 28 March 1942 in Blackpool, Nelson was educated at Keswick S ...
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Owen Chadwick
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Diarmaid MacCulloch
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Geoffrey Nuttall
Geoffrey Fillingham Nuttall (8 November 1911 – 24 July 2007) was a British Congregational minister and ecclesiastical historian.
Nuttall was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the son of the general practitioner. He was educated at Bootham Sc ...
,
Walter Ullmann
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Alec Vidler
Alexander Roper Vidler (1899–1991), known as Alec Vidler, was an English Anglican priest, theologian, and ecclesiastical historian, who served as Dean of King's College, Cambridge, for ten years from 1956 and then, following his retirement i ...
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Eamon Duffy
Eamon Duffy (born 1947) is an Irish historian. He is a professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and former president of Magdalene College.
Early life
Duffy was born on 9 February 1947, in Dundalk, I ...
Averil Cameron
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