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Bezzant/E/1/3
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- Circa 1925-1950 (Creation)
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1 file; paper
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Bezzant was educated privately and at Pembroke College, Oxford. He graduated in Modern History in 1921, and took a First Class in Theology in 1923. From 1925 to 1933 Bezzant was Vice-Principal of Ripon Hall, Oxford, while also serving as Chaplain and Lecturer of Exeter College, and Tutor in Theology at Pembroke College. In 1933 he moved to Liverpool as Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral, holding both posts until 1952. Bezzant was Select Preacher at both Cambridge and Oxford, served as an Examining Chaplain to various Bishops, and as an Examiner in Theology at London and Oxford. He spent several periods of residence in the United States as a lecturer. During the War, Bezzant served as Chaplain in the R.N.V.R. In 1952 he was elected to a Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge, and became Dean. From 1953 to 1964 he served as University Lecturer in Divinity. He published various theological monographs and articles and died in 1967.
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This file contains articles, by Bezzant and others, in offprint and photocopy form. They are sequenced according to their listing on the accompanying envelope, as follows.
W.R. Matthews, 'Voluntary Euthanasia' ('The Modern Churchman', June 1950)
J.S. Bezzant, 'A Great Leader of Reaction', review of F.L. Cross's 'Darwell Stone: Life, Letters and Papers' ('The Modern Churchman')
Henry Major, 'Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani?' ('The Modern Churchman')
J.S. Bezzant, 'The Christian Hope for Man' ('The Modern Churchman')
J.S. Bezzant, 'Where the Shoe Pinches' ('The Hibbert Journal', 617, 1925)
J.S. Bezzant, 'Anglo-Catholicism and Infallibility' ('The Modern Churchman')
C.H. Dodd, 'The Framework of the Gospel Narrative' ('The Expository Times', June 1932)
C.H. Dodd, 'Present Tendencies in the Criticism of the Gospel' ('The Expository Times', March 1932)
Edgar G. Goodspeed, 'The Place of Ephesians in the First Pauline Collection' ('Anglican Theological Review', January 1930)
Fleming James, 'Thoughts on Hosea' (unknown journal)
J.C. Hardwick, 'Body-Mind and Immortality' ('The Modern Churchman')
C.C.J. Webb, 'Personality in God' ('The Modern Churchman')
J.S. Boys Smith, 'The Historical Element of Christianity', review of A.E. Taylor's 'The Faith of a Moralist' ('The Modern Churchman')
Not listed on the accompanying envelope:
M. Davidson, 'Frontiers of Astronomy', review of Fred Hoyle's 'Frontiers of Astronomy' ('The Modern Churchman')