Eric Lionel Mascall

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Academic background
King's College, London

Eric Lionel Mascall

Thomist tradition and was Professor of Historical Theology at King's College London (in the University of London). His name was styled as E. L. Mascall in most of his writings.[1]

Mascall was for many years one of the major figures in British theology and well respected on the Continent and in North America. He authored more than 20 books, in which he expounded Anglican theology in its most Catholic of forms. Mascall was arguably the most influential in a group of like-minded theologians, most of whom had predeceased him – Austin Farrer, Gregory Dix, Lionel Thornton and Gabriel Hebert.[2]

Life

Born in London on 12 December 1905, Eric Mascall was the son of John Mascall and his wife Susan. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1931 he entered Ely Theological College and was ordained in the Church of England in 1933.

After a period as a schoolmaster at

Gregorian University at Rome.[4]

Mascall died on 14 February 1993 in Seaford, East Sussex.[5]

Intellectual interests

Mascall was a devout

Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Mascall wrote on many theological themes as well as natural theology; these included the above-mentioned ecumenism in The Recovery of Unity (1958), science and religion in his Bampton Lectures, Christian Theology and Natural Science (1956), regarded by many at the time of its publication as the best book on the subject in English.[6] His previous training in mathematics served him and readers well throughout his ministry. He also produced several publications opposing the ordination of women.[7]

Works

  • He Who Is: A Study in Traditional Theism. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1943.
  • A Guide to Mount Carmel, Being a Summary and an Analysis of The Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross, with Some Introductory Notes. Westminster: Dacre Press, 1944.
  • Christ, the Christian and the Church: A Study of the Incarnation and Its Consequences. London: Longmans, 1946.
  • Existence and Analogy. A Sequel to "He Who Is". London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1949.
  • The Mother of God: A Symposium by Members of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. London: Dacre Press, 1949.
  • The Angels of Light and the Powers of Darkness: A Symposium by Members of the Fellowship of S. Alban and S. Sergius. Westminster: Faith Press, 1954.
  • The Convocations and South India: What Did the Convocations Decide, and How Does Their Decision Affect the Catholicity of the Church of England, London: A. R. Mowbray and Co., 1955.
  • Via Media: An Essay in Theological Synthesis]. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956.
  • Words and Images: A Study in Theological Discourse. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957.
  • Mascall, Eric Lionel (1958). The Recovery of Unity: A Theological Approach. London: Longmans.
  • Ten, który jest: studium z teizmu tradycyjnego. Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, 1958.
  • Pi in the High. London: Faith Press, 1959.
  • What Do We Mean by the Creation of the World? London: SPCK, 1960.
  • Grace and Glory. London: Faith Press, 1961.
  • Theology and History: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered at King's College, London, 23 October 1962. Westminster: Faith Press, 1962.
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: Essays by Anglican Writers, ed. by E.L. Mascall and H.S. Box: Darton, Longman, and Todd, 1963.
  • Corpus Christi: Essays on the Church and the Eucharist. London: Longmans, 1965.
  • The Secularization of Christianity: An Analysis and a Critique. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1965.
  • The Christian Universe. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1966.
  • "The Mother of God: An Address Given to the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary", 9 January 1968. London: Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1968.
  • Words and Images: A Study in Theological Discourse. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1968.
  • Cristianismo secularizado: análisis y crítica. Barcelona: Editorial Kairos, 1969.
  • Sekularyzacja chrześcijaństwa. Warsaw: Pax, 1970.
  • Théologie De L'Avenir. Desclée. Paris: 1970
  • The Openness of Being: Natural Theology Today: The Gifford Lectures. London: Westminster Press, 1971.
  • Women Priests? London: Church Literature Association, 1973.
  • The Importance of Being Human: Some Aspects of the Christian Doctrine of Man. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1974.
  • Nature and Supernature. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1976.
  • Whatever Happened to the Human Mind?: Essays in Christian Orthodoxy. London: SPCK, 1980.
  • Theology and the Gospel of Christ: An Essay in Reorientation. London: SPCK, 1980.
  • Jesus: Who He is, and How We Know Him. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1985.
  • The Triune God: An Ecumenical Study. Worthing: Churchman Publishing, 1986.
  • Chrześcijańska koncepcja człowieka i wszechświata Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, 1986.
  • Otwartość bytu: teologia naturalna dzisiaj. Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy "Pax", 1988.
  • Saraband: The memoirs of E. L. Mascall. Herefordshire: Gracewing, 1992.

See also

  • Catholicism portal

References

Notes

  1. ^ Hebblethwaite, Brian ‘Mascall, Eric Lionel (1905–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  2. ^ Obituary: Canon E. L. Mascall Mascall, Eric (17 February 1993). "Canon". The Independent.
  3. Independent.co.uk
    . 18 September 2011.
  4. ^ Proceedings of the British Academy, 1984, pp. 409–418.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Canon E. L. Mascall". The Independent. 17 February 1993. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ^ Obituary: Canon E. L. Mascall Mascall, Eric (17 February 1993). "Canon". The Independent.
  7. ^ "E.L. Mascall and the Anglican opposition to the ordination of women as priests, 1954-1978" (PDF).

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