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Bezzant/E/1/5
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- Circa 1912-1955 (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 typescript and offprint form. They are sequenced according to their listing on the accompanying envelope, as follows.
J.S. Bezzant, 'Modern Churchman: Their Achievements & Prospects' (May 1947)
L.B. Cross, 'The Flight from Reason in the Interpretation of the Bible' ('The Modern Churchman', September 1949)
G.W.H. Lampe, 'Typological Exegesis' ('Theology', 396, June 1953)
J.S. Bezzant, 'Anglican Worship and Social Life' ('The Modern Churchman')
W.R. Matthews, 'The Destiny of the Soul' ('The Hibbert Journal' 28.2)
W.J. Sparrow Simpson, 'The Evidence for Our Lord's Resurrection' ('Theology', 202, April 1937)
W.H.C. Frend, 'The Immaculate Conception' ('The Modern Churchman' 44, June 1954)
J.N. Sanders, '"Those Whom Jesus Loved"' and R.R. Williams, 'Logic Versus Experience in the Order of Credal Formulae' ('New Testament Studies', September 1954)
H. Chadwick, 'All Things to All Men', and H.G. Wood, 'The Conversion of St Paul: Its Nature, Antecedents and Consequences' ('New Testament Studies', 1.4, May 1955)
Herbert Hensley Henson, 'Marriage and Divorce' ('The Bishoprick', 12, May 1937)
Herbert Hensley Henson, 'The Thirty-nine Articles: A Case for Retention and Revision' ('The Bishoprick')
J.S. Bezzant, 'Truth and Freedom' ('Liverpool Diocesan Review')
Unknown author, 'Miracle in the Bible' ('The Modern Churchman')
C.W. Emmet, 'The Teaching of the Historic Christ' ('The Nineteenth Century' proof)
C.W. Emmet, 'Is the Teaching of Jesus an Interimsethik?' ('The Nineteenth Century' galley, November 1912)