Philip Carrington

Background

Carrington, Philip was born on July 6, 1892 in Lichfield, England. Son of Charles Walter and Margaret Constance (Pugh) Carrington.

Education

Student, Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1901; Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters., Canterbury U. College, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1908-1913; Master of Arts, Selwyn College, Cambridge, England, 1913-1916; Data Control Language (honorary), Bishops U., Lennoxville, 1933; STD (honorary), Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1933; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Kings College, Nova Scotia, 1940; Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity College, Toronto Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wycliffe College, Toronto Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Durham U., England, 1958.

Career

Born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Christ's College, Canterbury and the University of Canterbury, he was ordained in 1919. At first he specialised in work with the Boy Scouts and was then Rector of Lincoln, New Zealand. After this he was Warden of St Barnabas Theological College, North Adelaide then dean of Divinity at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville.

In 1935 he was elevated to the Episcopate and retired in 1960.

Achievements

• Ordained deacon Anglican Church, 1917, priest, 1918.

Works

• book

  • Christian Apologetics of the Second Century: In Their Relation to Modern Thought (Classic Reprint)

    (Excerpt from Christian Apologetics of the Second Century:...)

  • Christian Apologetics of the Second Century in Their Relation to Modern Thought

    (Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)

  • The Early Christian Church, Volume 2

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • The Boy Scouts' Camp Book

    (Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)

  • The Early Christian Church, Volumes I and II

    (This is a 1957 account of the rise and development of the...)

  • The Primitive Christian Calendar: A Study in the Making of the Marcan Gospel

    (Originally published in 1952, this book presents a study ...)

  • Christian apologetics of the second century in their relation to modern thought

    (Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this clas...)

  • The Primitive Christian Catechism: A Study in the Epistles

    (Philip Carrington (1892-1975) was an Anglican priest and ...)

  • Christian Apologetics of the Second Century in Their Relation to Modern Thought - Primary Source Edition

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • The Primitive Christian Catechism: A Study in the Epistles by Philip Carrington (2014-12-04)
  • The Meaning of the Revelation:
  • A church history for Canadians to 1900 A.D
  • The Early Christian Church, Volume II: The Second Christian Century
  • The Primitive Christian Calendar: a Study in the Making of the Marcan Gospel, Vol. 1, Introduction and Text,
  • The Early Christian Church in Two Volumes
  • The Early Christian Church - Vol. One (The First Christian Century) and Vol. Two (The Second Christian Century)
  • The primitive Christian catechism; a study in the Epistles / by Philip Carrington
  • The Boy Scouts' Camp Book

Connections

Married Gwendolen Smith, December, 1918.

Father:

Charles Walter Carrington

Mother:

Margaret Constance (Pugh) Carrington

Spouse:

Gwendolen Smith