James Franklin Bethune-Baker (23 August 1861 – 13 January 1951) was the

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at the

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from 1891 to 1935. A

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, Bethune-Baker was known for his work on the person and writings of

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. He was co-editor of the ''

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'' from 1904 to 1935. He was a Fellow of

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for sixty years. His funeral service took place in Pembroke College Chapel on 17 January 1951, but he was buried in the

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. He was a cousin of

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, who is also buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground. He was married to Edith Bethune-Baker, Furneaux Jordan, a welfare campaigner, who was born in 1862. Their son Arthur Bethune-Baker was a contemporary of

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, but he died while still at school, aged sixteen.

Selected works

* ''Influence of Christianity on War'', 1888 * ''The Meaning of Homoousios in the "Constantinopolitan" Creed'', 1901.
''An Introduction to the Early History of Christian Doctrine, to the Time of the Council of Chalcedon''
1903 (revised 1933) *
''The Faith of the Apostles' Creed: An Essay in Adjustment Of Belief and Faith''
1918.

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* * 1861 births 1951 deaths Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge Lady Margaret's Professors of Divinity {{UK-theologian-stub