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Allison, Christopher Fitzsimons was born on March 5, 1927 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Richard and Susan Milliken (FitzSimons) Allison.
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During the seventeenth century, a remarkable change took place in Anglican theology. FitzSimons Allison describes a unique consensus that emerged in the century's early years through the labors of such seminal theologians as Hooker, Andrewes, Donne, and Davanant. Their difficult task was to outline an English theology to be distinguished from Trent on the one hand, and the increasingly aggressive Reformed continental theologies on the other. That they managed a clear, creative, and comprehensive outlook while avoiding the excesses of Roman and Puritan theologies is no small accomplishment. With the later Carolines, notably Jeremy Taylor and Richard Baxter, there arose a theology whose generating principle was morality, quite unlike their immediate predecessors. This decisive transition, Allison argues, led to the Deism of the eighteenth century, and secularism of the twentieth. First published in 1966, this eloquent and level study provides a basis for understanding many modern dilemmas. The Rt. Rev. C. FitzSimons Allison is retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. His other books include Guilt, Anger, and God and Fear, Love, and Worship.
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Ancient heresies have modern expressions that influence our churches and culture, creating cruel dilemmas for today’s Christian in the form of error, sin, and various distortions on orthodox faith. In Cruelty of Heresy, Bishop Allison captures the drama and relevance of the Councils of the fourth and fifth centuries and shows how the remarkable achievements of these early struggles provide valuable guidelines for believers today.
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Allison, Christopher Fitzsimons was born on March 5, 1927 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of James Richard and Susan Milliken (FitzSimons) Allison.
Bachelor of Arts, University of South, 1949; Doctor of Divinity, University of South, 1978; Master of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1952; Doctor of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1956; Doctor of Divinity, Episcopal Theological Seminary Kentucky, 1981.
Assistant, Trinity, Columbia, 1952-1954; associate professor church history, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1956-1967; professor church history, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, 1967-1975; rector, Grace Church, New York City, 1975-1980; bishop of South Carolina., Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina., 1980-1990, retired, 1990.
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(During the seventeenth century, a remarkable change took ...)
Served as sergeant United States Army, Italy, 1945-1947.
Married Martha Allston Parker, June 10, 1950.