Michael Ramsey (1904–1988)

The Right Reverend and Right Honorable Arthur Michael Ramsey (1904-1988) was the 100th archbishop of Canterbury. Educated at Repton School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he trained at Cuddesdon College Oxford and was ordained Deacon in 1928 and priest a year later in 1929. He also served as mehr anzeigen Archbishop of York and Bishop of Durham and was a leading ecumenical churchman and a president of the World Council of Churches. Ramsey was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University and an influential Anglican theologian. Among his many published books are The Glory of God and the Transfiguration of Christ (1949); F.D. Maurice and the Conflicts of Modern Theology (1951); with Cardinal Suenans, The Future of the Christian Church (1971); and Be Shill and Know (1982). weniger anzeigen