Walter_Matthews_(priest)

Walter Matthews (priest)

Walter Matthews (priest)

British Anglican priest and theologian (1881–1973)

Walter Robert Matthews CH KCVO[2] (22 September 1881 – 4 December 1973) was an Anglican priest, theologian, and philosopher.[3]

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Early life and education

Born on 22 September 1881 in Camberwell, London, to parents Philip Walter Matthews, a banker, and Sophia Alice Self, he was educated at Wilson's School[4] and trained for the priesthood at King's College London.

Ordained ministry

He was ordained deacon in 1907 and priest in 1908[5] and was a curate at St Mary Abbots' Kensington and St Peter's Regent Square. After that he was a lecturer in and then a professor of theology at King's College London.[6][7] From 1918 he was also Dean of the college.[6][8] In 1931 he became an Honorary Chaplain to the King[9] and Dean of Exeter.[6][10] Then in 1934 he became Dean of St Paul's,[6][11] a post he held for 33 years. At the time of his appointment, he was president-elect of the Modern Churchmen's Union.[12] He was described by his predecessor, William Ralph Inge, as something of an "Orthodox Modernist".[12]

On 2 June 1940 the term "miracle of Dunkirk" was used for the first time by Matthews in a speech. He was praising the rescue of thousands of British soldiers and their allies from being encircled by the German Army in France.

He died on 4 December 1973.[13][14]

Published works

Matthews was an author. Among his works:

  • Three Sermons on Human Nature and a Dissertation upon the Nature of Virtue. Editor. By Joseph Butler. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1914.
  • King's College Lectures on Immortality. Editor. By J. F. Bethune-Baker; A. Caldecott; Hastings Rashdall; Wm. Brown; H. Maurice Relton. London: University of London Press. 1920.
  • Studies in Christian Philosophy: Being the Boyle Lectures, 1920. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  • God and Evolution. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1926.
  • The Purpose of God. London: Nisbet. 1935.
  • Christ. New York: Macmillan Company. 1939.
  • The Foundations of Peace. Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1942.
  • Some Christian Words. John Allen and Unwin. 1956.
  • Memories and Meanings. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1969.
  • The Year Through Christian Eyes. London: Epworth Press. 1970.

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Sell 2010, pp. 71–72.
  2. [2]
    Rayment, Leigh (2015). "Companions of Honour". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. [3]
    Beeson 2004; Owen 2004; Sell 2010, p. 74.
  4. [4]
    Sell 2010, p. 69; Owen 2004.
  5. [5]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory 1971-72. London, OUP, 1973, p. 636
  6. [6]
    Byrne 2010, p. 160.
  7. [7]
    "College archives". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  8. [8]
    History of King's College Chapel[dead link]
  9. [9]
    "Chaplain to the King". The Times. No. 45965. 28 October 1931. p. 12, col. E.
  10. [10]
    "New Dean of Exeter". The Times. No. 45953. 14 October 1931. p. 12, col. F.
  11. [11]
    "Dean to St. Paul's". Time. Vol. 34, no. 23. 1934. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. [12]
    Burns 2004, p. 96.
  13. [13]
    "Dr W. R. Matthews Former Dean of St Paul's". The Times. No. 58956. 5 December 1973. p. 21, col. F.
  14. [14]
    England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1974, p. 5926

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