Background
Slosser, Gaius Jackson was born on June 2, 1887 in near Hoytville, Ohio, United States. Son of James Elliott and Mary Elizabeth (Jackson) Slosser.
clergyman theological seminary professor
Slosser, Gaius Jackson was born on June 2, 1887 in near Hoytville, Ohio, United States. Son of James Elliott and Mary Elizabeth (Jackson) Slosser.
Educated Ohio Northern University, summers 1903, 04. Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1912. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 1915, School of Theology and Ministry, 1921.
Graduate study Harvard University Graduate School, 1915-1916.
Doctor of Philosophy, King’s College University of London, England, 1928.
Served pastorates in Lynnfield, Chicopee, Medford, Holyoke and Natick, Massachusetts, 1917-1925. Professor ecclesiastical history and history of doctrine, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, 1928-1956, professor emeritus, from 1957. Member of faculty Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1957.
Chaplain, captain Massachusetts National Guard 1917-1918, 1919-1923.
Chaplain, First lieutenant then captain, 212th Engineers World War I. Then Reserves, 1919-1937.
Executive secretary Public Safety Committee, City of Chicopee, 1917. Director Vice-President department history. Presbyn Church United States of America, 1931-1960.
Fellow Royal History Society, London, England. Member Ohio Wesleyan Union, Delta Sigma Rho. Mason, Odd; Member American communications of Fifteen Theologians which prepared study texts for the Edinburgh Conference Admitted as an expert witness in church canon law and distinctions in numerous court cases, in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut, as between Greek and Eastern Rite churches and the Roman Catholic Church.
Moderator Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania, 1946-1947, president corporation of this synod and president of the board of trustees, 1946-1956.
Married Marguerite Louise Holbrook, June 27, 1917 (died 1925). Married second, Esther Victoria Thurston, April. Children: Ruth Elouise (Mistress William C. Gilkey), Gaius Jackson World World War II Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1917.