C. F. D. Moule

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CBE FBA
Born
Charles Francis Digby Moule

(1908-12-03)3 December 1908
Hangzhou, China
Died30 September 2007(2007-09-30) (aged 98)
Leigh, Dorset, England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesCharlie Moule
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1933 (deacon)
  • 1934 (priest)
Congregations served
Academic background
James D. G. Dunn
  • Wayne Grudem
  • Carl Holladay
  • Andrew T. Lincoln
  • Graham Stanton
  • Margaret Thrall
    • Influenced

    Charles Francis Digby "Charlie" Moule

    Anglican priest and theologian. He was a leading scholar of the New Testament and was Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge
    for 25 years, from 1951 to 1976.

    Early life and education

    Moule was born on 3 December 1908 in

    First World War
    .

    He was educated at

    Ridley Hall, and was ordained as a deacon
    in 1933 and as a priest in 1934.

    Ecclesiastical and academic career

    He served as curate at St Mark's Church, Cambridge, from 1933 to 1934, during which time he was also a tutor at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He moved to Rugby in 1934, became curate of St Andrew's Church, Rugby, before moving back to Cambridge in 1936 to become curate at Great St Mary's, Cambridge, the University Church of the University of Cambridge, where he remained until 1940. He was also Vice-Principal of Ridley Hall from 1936 to 1944.

    He became a

    Canon Theologian at Leicester Cathedral from 1955 to 1976, and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1966. He was a President of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas in 1967, and became an honorary Fellow at Emmanuel in 1972. He delivered the Ethel M. Wood lecture
    in 1964, on "Man and Nature in the New Testament".

    He produced two main written works: The Birth of the New Testament, first published in 1962, which explores the context in which the New Testament was written, and The Origin of Christology, published in 1977, which proposed that the church's understanding of Jesus had not evolved but rather developed and matured over the centuries. He also contributed to the translations of the Apocrypha and New Testament in the New English Bible, although he preferred the Revised Version. His other published works include An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek (1953, 2nd ed. 1959), The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon (1957), The Phenomenon of the New Testament (1967), The Holy Spirit (1978), and Essays in New Testament Interpretation (1982) and Forgiveness and Reconciliation, and other New Testament Themes (1998).

    He served on the advisory board for Peake's Commentary on the Bible (1962), and contributed the article on Colossians and Philemon.

    He influenced many students who now hold chairs of divinity – including his successor as Lady Margaret's Professor, Graham Stanton – or who rose high within the Anglican hierarchy, including future Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (Moule officiated at his wedding) and Archbishop of York John Sentamu. His first doctoral student was Margaret Thrall (PhD, 1960), who herself became a New Testament scholar.[5] A humble, prayerful man, of slim build and small stature, he held a profound faith. A friend, Joachim Jeremias, said, "In him could be seen no trace of original sin." Like his great-uncle, he became known affectionately as "Holy Mouley".

    He was a leading advocate for the Ridley Hall in the early 1970s, when it was threatened with closure. He retired in 1976 and lived at Ridley Hall until 1980, acting as New Testament tutor. He moved to Pevensey in Sussex in 1981, close to his friend, Bishop Stanley Betts. He continued to preach into his 90s.

    He became an honorary

    Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1985[6] for his services to New Testament studies[citation needed
    ] and became an honorary Doctor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1988, in celebration of his 80th birthday.

    He moved to a nursing home in Dorset in 2003, to be near his family. He died on 30 September 2007 in Leigh, Dorset, aged 98. He never married.

    References

    1. ^ Byron, John; Lohr, Joel N. (eds.) (2015). I (Still) Believe: Leading Scholars Share Their Stories of Faith and Scholarship. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 21.
    2. ^ "The Reverend Professor CFD Moule". The Telegraph. London. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
    3. ^ a b Morgan, Robert (24 October 2007). "The Rev CFD Moule". London. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
    4. ^ "The Rev Professor C. F. D. Moule". The Times. London. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
    5. ^ Watts, Jenny (21 December 2010). "The Rev Margaret Thrall obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
    6. ^ "The Rev Professor C. F. D. Moule". The Independent. London. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

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    Academic offices
    Preceded by Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
    1951–1976     		Succeeded by
    Professional and academic associations
    Preceded by President of the Studiorum
    Novi Testamenti Societas
    1967     		Succeeded by
    Awards
    Preceded by Burkitt Medal
    1970     		Succeeded by
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