Henry Chadwick (theologian)

Henry Chadwick KBE [ Traditionally, clergy do not receive the accolade so are not addressed as "Sir" even when appointed to a knightly grade of an order of chivalry, cite web|url=http://www.royalinsight.gov.uk/OutPut/Page4877.asp|title=Honours—Knighthoods|work=The official website of the British Monarchy|accessdate=2008-07-10] (23 June 1920 – 17 June 2008) was a British academic and Church of England clergyman. A former Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford—and as such also head of Christ Church, Oxford—he also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, becoming the first person in four centuries to have headed a college at both universities.

A leading historian of the early church, Chadwick was appointed Regius Professor at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was a noted supporter of improved relations with the Roman Catholic Church, and a leading member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). An accomplished musician, having studied music to degree level, he took a leading part in the revision and updating of hymnals widely used within Anglicanism, chairing the board of the publisher, Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd., for twenty years.

Family and early life

Born in Bromley, Kent, Henry Chadwick was the son of a barrister (who died when Henry was just five), and a music-loving mother. He had a number of accomplished siblings: Sir John Chadwick served as the British Ambassador to Romania,Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Times Diary—Chadwick favourite for Dean, OAPs in TV licence rumpus, Holiday Inns here to stay |author=PHS |section=News|day_of_week=Wednesday |date=9 July 1969 |page_number=10|page_numbers= |issue=57607|column=D] and Revd Prof William Owen Chadwick and his other brother also became clergymen.cite web|url=http://www.giffordlectures.org/Author.asp?AuthorID=39 |title=Henry Chadwick, biographies of Gifford Lecturers|work=Gifford Lectures website|accessdate=2008-06-27] Despite this, it was one of his sisters he would later describe as "the brightest of us all".cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2153316/The-Very-Rev-Professor-Henry-Chadwick.html|title=The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2008-06-18|accessdate=2008-06-26] Chadwick was educated at Eton College, where he became a King's Scholar.cite news|first=Rowan|last=Williams|authorlink=Rowan Williams|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/19/religion|title=Obituary—Henry Chadwick—He was a leading Anglican scholar and strove for ecumenicalism] |work=The Guardian|date=2008-06-19|accessdate=2008-06-26] cite news|first=David|last=Edwards|authorlink=David L. Edwards|coauthors=Dakers, Lionel (prepared before Dakers's own death in 2003)|url=http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=58384|title=Obituary: The Revd Professor Henry Chadwick|work=Church Times|date=2008-06-20|accessdate=2008-07-09] Although he did not show much aptitude as a Grecian, his lifelong love of music made its first appearance and resulted in his receiving organ lessons from Henry Ley.cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4166998.ece|title=The Very Rev Professor Henry Chadwick: priest and scholar|work=The Times|date=2008-06-19|accessdate=2008-06-26]

After leaving Eton, he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge on a music scholarship, [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University News |author= |section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Tuesday |date=16 February 1937 |page_number=13 |page_numbers= |issue=47610 |column=A ] and was expected to make music his career. A highlight of his undergraduate musical career was playing a two piano arrangement of Chabrier's "España" with Boris Ord, then organist of King's College, Cambridge. However, Chadwick chose to further his interest in Evangelical Christianity, which had existed from his school days.cite web|last=Louth|first=Andrew|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/the-rev-professor-henry-chadwick-historian-of-the-early-church-who-held-the-regius-chairs-of-divinity-at-both-oxford-and-cambridge-851641.html|title=The Rev Professor Henry Chadwick: Historian of the early Church who held the Regius Chairs of Divinity at both Oxford and Cambridge|work=The Independent|date=2008-06-20|accessdate=2008-06-30] He graduated in 1941 and began his theological training in 1942, at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, being ordained deacon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral, in 1943 and priest by the Bishop of Dover in 1944. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Ecclesiastical News—Ordination Lists|author=|section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Monday |date=20 September 1943 |page_number=6|page_numbers= |issue=49655|column=E] [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Ecclesiastical News—Ordination Lists|author=|section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Monday |date=25 September 1944 |page_number=6|page_numbers= |issue=49963/2|column=F] He served a curacy at the Evangelical parish of Emmanuel, Croydon, arriving towards the end of the Second World War, just as it was attacked by German V-weapons, which provided a difficult pastoral challenge. From there, he became an assistant master at Wellington College. He married Peggy in 1945.

Academic career

Cambridge

Chadwick became a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge with his appointment as Chaplain in 1946, and in 1950 advanced to the position of Dean. His rising academic reputation was confirmed in 1953 with the publication of a project had occupied him since the days of his curacy—his new translation of Origen's "Contra Celsus", with introduction and notes. He had by now made himself an expert in Patristic Greek; only an inexactness in philology marking his earlier abandonment of Greek for music. Also in 1953 he was appointed co-editor (with Hedley Sparks) of the "Journal of Theological Studies" and continued editing it until 1985. He held the university appointment of Hulsean Lecturer from 1954–6. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University News |author= |section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Saturday|date=11 December 1954 |page_number=8|page_numbers= |issue=53112|column=E]

Oxford

In 1969, Chadwick was appointed Dean of Christ Church, uniquely a dual role as a cathedral dean and head of a college. [LondonGazette|issue=44957|startpage=10481|date=14 October 1969|accessdate=2008-07-09] This period was not entirely happy; a scholarly ability to see all sides of a question, along with an ingrained desire not to upset his colleagues, sometimes made it hard for him to make a quick or firm decision. However, during his time as Dean the college benefited from a continued programme of renovation with internal changes that provided more student accommodation. The position gave Chadwick the chance to influence the musical direction of the cathedral. In "The Independent" newspaper, obituary writer Andrew Louth notes that at the retirement of Sydney Watson as organist, when he and Chadwick played piano duets together Chadwick's technique was the equal of Watson's. The new organist, Simon Preston, had ambitious plans for improving musical standards, and Chadwick was pleased to be able to support these, not least by raising funds for a new organ.

Chadwick also found time to contribute to the administration of the wider university, serving on the Hebdomadal Council, [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=News From The Universities—Oxford|author= |section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Monday|date=20 November 1967|page_number=10|page_numbers= |issue=57103|column=C] as a Delegate of Oxford University Press, as one of the curators of the Bodleian, and as Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1974–5. It was during this period that he began to participate in the discussions of ARCIC (he was a member of the commission 1969–81 and again 1983–90); his early Evangelical sympathies having been tempered over time, helped by his friendship with Edward Yarnold, Master of Campion Hall. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=New Rome link with Anglicans|author=Staff reporter|section= News|day_of_week=Saturday|date=11 October 1969 |page_number=1|page_numbers= |issue=57688|column=G] [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Wounds of the Reformation face new church commission|author=Longley, Clifford|section= News|day_of_week=Tuesday|date=14 June 1983 |page_number=10|page_numbers= |issue=61558|column=C] He was a master of the Anglican approach of producing statements capable of a range of interpretations to enable common ground to be reached, this worked well for simpler historical differences, but did not always impress the Roman Catholic members of the commission when it came to questions of ecclesiology and church authority. He was also able to use his historical background to put forward summaries of early church positions on a variety of subjects, and he had a true desire to establish consensus on the basis of the principles revealed by this research.cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/world/europe/22chadwick.html|title=Henry Chadwick, Scholar of Early Christianity, Dies at 87|work=The New York Times|date=2008-06-22|accessdate=2008-06-26] Although his scholarly output suffered from the pressures on his time, he was editor of "Oxford Early Christian Texts" (from 1970), and was able to work on two major monographs, "Priscillian of Avila: the occult and the charismatic in the early Church" (published 1976) and "Boethius: the consolations of music, logic, theology and philosophy" (published 1981). The second of these in particular allowing him to draw on the full range of his interests.

Return to Cambridge

In 1979, Chadwick resigned the deanship, [LondonGazette|issue=47969|startpage=12417|date=4 October 1979|accessdate=2008-07-09] returning to Cambridge to take up the Regius Chair of Divinity. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University news—Cambridge|author=|section= Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Wednesday|date=24 May 1978 |page_number=19|page_numbers= |issue=60309|column=D] Additionally, he became a Syndic of Cambridge University Press, a Fellow of Magdalene, and was installed as an honorary canon of Ely Cathedral. He gained a reputation as a popular lecturer in Cambridge, and between 1982 and 1983 gave the Sarum Lectures in Oxford, for which his subject was Augustine of Hippo. Edited, these lectures became the basis for his 1986 book, "Augustine". He retired from the professorship in 1983 and settled in Oxford.

After four years in retirement, he received an unexpected invitation to become Master of Peterhouse in 1987, thus becoming the first person in over four centuries to lead a college at both Oxford and Cambridge. Chadwick's second appointment as head of a college proved a happier experience than his first. The college had been experiencing some problems following the admission of the first female students, to which some fellows were implacably opposed, making their displeasure known at High Table. Chadwick insisted on civility, which coupled with the retirement of some of the fellows, ensured an improvement in the atmosphere within the college. This continued after his second retirement (again to Oxford) in 1993. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours. [LondonGazette|issue=51772|supp=yes|startpage=7|date=16 June 1989|accessdate=2008-07-09] In 1991 he published a new translation of Augustine's "Confessions", with extensive notes revealing Augustine's debt to Plotinus.

Chadwick also edited "Oxford Early Christian Studies" (from 1990), and with his brother, Owen, "The Oxford History of the Christian Church". His own volume of this series, entitled "The Church in Ancient Society: from Galilee to Gregory the Great", appeared in 2001. His final work was to have been on Photios I of Constantinople, research for which covered many of his interests, particularly classical learning and Christianity, and ecumenism. Some of his material on the topic was published in "East and West: the making of a rift in the Church" (2003) (also part of the Oxford History series). He died in Oxford on 17 June 2008.

Reputation and recognition

Writing in an obituary for "The Guardian", the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams wrote, "'The Anglican church,' it was said, 'may not have a Pope, but it does have Henry Chadwick.'" and further described him as an "aristocrat among Anglican scholars". Other obituaries and appreciations describe how he was generous with his time and knowledge, and always ready to point students in the right direction. "The Independent" credits his capacious memory and a personal library of around 20,000 books as the foundation of his broad scholarship. [cite news|last=Williams|first=Adrian|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4174494.ece|title=Lives Remembered: Henry Chadwick, Nat Temple, Christopher Morgan|work=The Times|date=2008-06-20|accessdate=2008-06-26] According to "The Times", when reviewing others' writing he was usually generous, though capable of a courteous demolition job when well-deserved.

A capable preacher, though doubtful of his ability when preaching to a non-academic congregation, Chadwick was well-regarded as a lecturer and companion at High Table. However, a natural shyness could give him a rather remote air. On an American lecture tour, he noticed three young women who came to every lecture, but took no notes. At the end of lectures he asked the women how they had enjoyed them, to be told that they had no real interest in the subject itself, but they loved to hear him speak. The character of the college provost in the "A Staircase in Surrey" novels of Christ Church colleague J. I. M. Stewart was based on that of Chadwick.

Chadwick held honorary degrees from the universities of Glasgow, Uppsala, Yale, Leeds, Manchester, Surrey, Chicago, Harvard, Jena and the Augustinian University of Rome. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Honorary Degrees At Glasgow |author=|section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Monday|date=22 April 1957 |page_number=8|page_numbers= |issue=53821|column=B] He was made an honorary fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge in 1958, just before he took up his Oxford Chair; [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University News—Cambridge|author= |section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Monday|date=8 December 1958 |page_number=12|page_numbers= |issue=54328|column=D] and of Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1962. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University News—Cambridge|author= |section=Official Appointments and Notices|day_of_week=Friday|date=27 July 1962 |page_number=21|page_numbers= |issue=55454|column=G] He also treasured a stole given to him by the pope, and this was placed on his coffin during his funeral at Christ Church on 25 June 2008.cite news|first=Glyn|last=Paflin|url=http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=58990|title=Diary—After Henry|work=Church Times|date=2008-07-04|accessdate=2008-07-09] Two Festschriften were made in his honour, one for his contributions to the study of church history ("Christian Authority", ed. Gillian Evans, 1988), the other for his ecumenical work ("The Making of Orthodoxy", ed. Rowan Williams, 1989). In addition to his work on ARCIC he was involved in similar conversations with the Eastern Orthodox Churches. In 1974 Ladbrokes had Chadwick at odds of 7–1 for appointment as the next Archbishop of Canterbury; his brother Owen was at 6–1. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Ladbroke's open book on next Archbishop|author=Religious Affairs Correspondent |section=News |day_of_week=Saturday|date=23 March 1974 |page_number=2|page_numbers= |issue=59046|column=D] In 1984 "The Times" reported that both brothers were reputed to have have turned down more than one bishopric. [Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Hard-to-fill houses of the Lord|author=Longley, Clifford|section=News |day_of_week=Wednesday|date=28 March 1984 |page_number=14|page_numbers= |issue=61793|column=B]

Chadwick's love of music led him to serve for twenty years as chairman of the council of Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. During this time the company expanded its scope. From producing the hymnbooks Hymns Ancient and Modern (A&M), and The English Hymnal, it also took ownership of Canterbury Press, SCM Press, and the "Church Times", leading to jokes that Chadwick was an ecclesiastical Rupert Murdoch. He was heavily involved in the editorial process leading to the supplements to A&M, "100 Hymns for Today", "More Hymns for Today", "Worship Songs Ancient and Modern", and "Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard", which combined the best of the original book with that from the supplements into a single volume, and also the most recent revision, "Common Praise". He had particularly argued for the inclusion of the Spiritual, "Steal Away", and this was amongst the music used at his funeral.

Publications

Chadwick published over 125 books, monographs, articles etc. Mentioned in obituaries as being particularly notable are:
*"Origen: Contra Celsum" (1953)
*"Early Christian Thought and The Classical Tradition: Studies in Justin, Clement, and Origen" (Oxford, 1966)
*"Priscillian of Avila: The Occult and the Charismatic in the Early Church" (1976)
*"Augustine" (Past Masters, Oxford, 1986)
*"Saint Augustine: Confessions" (Translation, introduction, notes. Oxford, 1991)
*"The Early Church" (The Penguin History of the Church, 1967 revised 1993)
*"The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great" (Oxford History of the Christian Church, 2001)
*"East and West: the making of a rift in the Church" (History of the Christian Church, 2003)

References

External links

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DATE OF BIRTH= 23 June 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH= Bromley, Kent
DATE OF DEATH= 17 June 2008
PLACE OF DEATH= Oxford

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