6/11/2023 0 Comments Victorian Church by Owen Chadwick![]() ![]() The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Together with his brother, Henry Chadwick, 1920–2008, a priest and historian of the early church, Owen Chadwick also edited the Oxford History of the Christian Church (16 vol., 1981–2010), and contributed three volumes to the series. Other works include The Reformation (1964), The Victorian Church (2 vol., 1966–70), A History of Christianity (1995), and biographies of J. A vivid and prolific author, he published his first book, a biography of John Cassian, in 1950. As head of the Archbishops' Commission on Church and State (1966–70), he was instrumental in producing the Chadwick Report, which altered the constitutional relationship between the Church of England and Parliament and led to the government of the church and its forms of worship by a general synod. ![]() He held several positions at Cambridge including Regius professor of modern history (1968–83) and later was (1985–94) chancellor of the Univ. John's College, Cambridge (1938, 1939), ordained Anglican priest (1941). Chadwick, Owen, 1916–2015, British religious historian and educator, b. ![]()
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