Eric Lionel Mascall

The Reverend Canon
E. L. Mascall
OGS
Born Eric Lionel Mascall
(1905-12-12)12 December 1905
Died 14 February 1993(1993-02-14) (aged 87)
Nationality British
Occupation Priest and theologian
Title Professor of Historical Theology
Academic background
Education Latymer Upper School
Alma mater Pembroke College, Cambridge
Ely Theological College
Academic work
Discipline Theology
Sub discipline Anglo-Catholicism
Thomism
Institutions Lincoln Theological College
Christ Church, Oxford
King's College London

Eric Lionel Mascall OGS (12 December 1905 – 14 February 1993) was a leading theologian and priest in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England. He was a philosophical exponent of the Thomist tradition and was Professor of Historical Theology at King's College London (in the University of London). His name was styled as E. L. Mascall in most of his writings.

Life

Mascall was the son of John Mascall and his wife Susan. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, Pembroke College, Cambridge and Ely Theological College.[1]

After a period as a schoolmaster (before theological college) Mascall was ordained priest in 1933 at Southwark Cathedral, serving his first curacy at St Andrew's Stockwell. In 1935 he crossed the river to St Matthew's Westminster in the Diocese of London. Subsequently, he taught theology at Lincoln Theological College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1962 he became Professor of Historical Theology at King's College London[2] and followed this appointment by a period as Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral.

Intellectual interests

Mascall was an Anglo-Catholic and took the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge. He was active in relations between the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches.[2]

Sources

Biographical memoir by H. P. Owen; published in Proceedings of the British Academy, 1984, pp. 409–418.[3]

Writings

References

  1. ↑ Ely Theological College opened in 1876 and closed in 1964, see History of Guyhirn
  2. 1 2 Mascall (1992)
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the British Academy, 1984, pp. 409-418.

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