Canon Leonard Elliott Elliott-Binns (born Leonard Elliott Binns) (18 September 1885–1963) was an English historian and theologian, whose works covered a broad range of topics in English and Western church history, as well as the history of the Biblical era. Born at Manchester, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

. Elliott-Binns was ordained into the Church of England in 1913, serving as chaplain of

Ridley Hall Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and membe ...

for two years before going into parish work. He was a curate in Plymouth, a vicar in Plymouth, Davenport, and West Ham, and a canon of Truro. Most of his life as a parish priest was spent in the

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. In 1958 he served as the president of the

Society for Old Testament Study The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) is a learned society, based in the British Isles, of professional scholars and others committed to the study of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. History SOTS was inaugurated at King's College, London on ...

. He died at

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in 1963, aged 77.

Selected works

*''The Decline and Fall of the Medieval Papacy'' (1995) (, ) *''The Development of English

Theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

in the Later Nineteenth Century'' (1952) *''English Thought 1860 -1900'' (1956) *''The Evangelical Movement In The English Church'' (1928) *''Religion in the Victorian Era'' *''The Beginnings of Western Christendom'' *''From

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

Elisha Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eli ...

: Israel to the End of the Ninth Century BC'' *''The story of England's Church'' *''

Innocent III Pope Innocent III ( la, Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 to his death in 16 J ...

'' *''Medieval Cornwall''. Published by Methuen & Co, London *''Galilean Christianity (Studies in Biblical theology n°16)'' (1956) *''The

book of Numbers The book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, ''Arithmoi''; he, בְּמִדְבַּר, ''Bəmīḏbar'', "In the desert f) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and com ...

: With introduction and notes'' *''The Church of St. Andrew,

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: a short historical & descriptive guide'' *''

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

the reformer: A study in restatement; being the Hulsean lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge for 1921-1922'' *''The Book of Exodus'' (1924) (as L. Elliott Binns)

References

* 1885 births 1963 deaths Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge English theologians 20th-century English Anglican priests Writers from Manchester 20th-century English historians Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub