George Christopher Stead
The Revd George Christopher Stead (April 9, 1913 – May 28, 2008) was British patristic scholar and Church of England clergyman who was the last
in 1939.Field of research
Stead was particularly interested in the application of the
' use of the concept.Stead made numerous contributions to better understanding of the teaching of
Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Valentinian Gnosticism
, as well as on general philosophical issues such as the freedom of the will and concept of mind in the Church Fathers. See the two volumes of his collected papers which are listed below.
Academic career
- Marlborough College, graduated 1933
- King's College, Cambridge, B.A., 1935
- New College, Oxford, ?
- Cuddesdon College, Ordained Deacon 1938, Priest 1941
- King's College, Cambridge, Lecturer in Divinity, 1938–1949
- Eton College, Assistant Master, 1940–1944
- Keble College, Oxford, Fellow and Chaplain, 1949–1971
- University of Cambridge, Ely Professor of Divinity, 1971–1980
- University of Cambridge, D.Litt., 1978
- Elected Fellow of the British Academy, 1980
Works
- "Non-Responsible Morality", (Analysis), 1949
- "On Total Depravity", (The Church Quarterly Review), 1950
- Divine Substance (ISBN 0198266308), 1977
- Substance and Illusion in the Christian Fathers (ISBN 978-0860781721), 1985 (collected papers)
- Philosophie und Theologie I: Die Zeit der Alten Kirche (Theologische Wissenschaft) (ISBN 978-3170089242), 1990
- Philosophy in Christian Antiquity (ISBN 978-0521469555), 1996
- Doctrine and Philosophy in Early Christianity (ISBN 086078830X), 2000 (collected papers)
- "Kategorienlehre", Reallexikon fûr Antike und Christentum, Band XX, Stuttgart, 2004.
- Also: The Birth of the Steam Locomotive (ISBN 978-1902702087), 2002
Festschrift
Christian Faith and Greek Philosophy in Late Antiquity: Essays in Tribute to George Christopher Stead (ed. L. R. Wickham &
ISBN 9004096051
), 1993