George Leonard Prestige (1889–1955) was Fellow and Chaplain of
New College, Oxford. His theological research showed particular competence in
patristics and touched on
ancient philosophy
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Overview
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, e.g., in ''God in Patristic Thought'' (1936). He is perhaps best known for his illuminating and in places entertaining work, ''Fathers and Heretics'' (1954), given initially as
Bampton Lectures
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in 1940. Prestige also wrote a biography of
Charles Gore
Charles Gore (22 January 1853 – 17 January 1932) was a Church of England bishop, first of Worcester, then Birmingham, and finally of Oxford. He was one of the most influential Anglican theologians of the 19th century, helping reconcile the c ...
(1935) and ''St Paul's in Its Glory'' (1955).
From 1920 to 1944, Prestige held the country living of
Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
Upper Heyford is a village and civil parish about northwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,295. The village is just east of the River Cherwell. "Upper" distinguishes it from Lower ...
. Many of his early books were written there. He also served as deputy editor of the ''
Church Times
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History
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'', succeeding as editor in 1941 and serving until 1948.
In 1949 Prestige was secretary of the
Church of England
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Council for Foreign Relations. He was also sent by Archbishop
Geoffrey Fisher
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, (5 May 1887 – 15 September 1972) was an English Anglican priest, and 99th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from 1945 to 1961.
From a long line of parish priests, Fisher was educated at Marlb ...
to Rome to explore avenues for ecumenical dialogue in the course of which he met with Giovanni Battista Montini, the future
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...
.
Prestige died on 19 January 1955 in
London
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.
At his death Prestige was Canon Treasurer of
St Paul's Cathedral.
References
External links
Bibliographic directoryfrom
Project Canterbury
1889 births
1955 deaths
20th-century English Anglican priests
20th-century English theologians
20th-century Protestant theologians
Anglo-Catholic clergy
Anglo-Catholic theologians
Chaplains of New College, Oxford
English Anglican theologians
English Anglo-Catholics
Fellows of New College, Oxford
Patristic scholars
People in Christian ecumenism
Treasurers of St Paul's Cathedral
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