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'''Massey Hamilton Shepherd, Jr.''' (March 14, 1913 &ndash; February 19, 1990<ref>https://books.google.com/books?um=1&lr=&q=Massey+Hamilton+Shepherd+March+14+1913&btnG=Search+Books</ref>) was an American priest and scholar of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]. A prominent liturgist, he was one of the few American members of other Christian churches honored with an invitation to observe the [[Vatican II|Second Vatican Council]] of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s. He was a leading figure in developing the [[Episcopal Church (United States)#Book of Common Prayer|1979 Book of Common Prayer]] used by the Episcopal Church.

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'''Massey Hamilton Shepherd Jr.''' (March 14, 1913 – February 19, 1990) was an American priest and scholar of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]. A prominent liturgist, he was one of the few American members of other Christian churches honored with an invitation to observe the [[Second Vatican Council]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in the 1960s.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He served on the Episcopal Church's Standing Liturgical Commission from 1947 to 1976 and was a leading figure in developing the [[Book of Common Prayer|1979 ''Book of Common Prayer'']] used by the Episcopal Church.{{sfn|Armentrout|Slocum|2000|p=482}}


==Early life==
==Early life==
Shepherd was born in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], the son of Alice Louise Gladstone Melville and Massey Hamilton Shepherd, Sr. He spent many of his younger years in Columbia, SC. He was confirmed in what is now Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, across from the State House in South Carolina's capital city.
Shepherd was born on March 14, 1913,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massey Hamilton Shepherd March 14 1913 - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Massey+Hamilton+Shepherd+March+14+1913 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.google.com}}</ref> in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], the second child and only son of Alice Louise Gladstone Melville and Massey Hamilton Shepherd Sr. He spent many of his younger years in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. He was confirmed in what is now Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, across from the State House in South Carolina's capital city.


Shepherd was married to Gabriella Taylor Connor, an artist and watercolorist. They had one daughter, Nancy Lloyd, who is married and has two children.
Shepherd was married to Gabriella Taylor Connor, an artist and watercolorist. They had one daughter, Nancy Lloyd, who is married and has two children.


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
In 1928, he finished at the top of his class at Columbia High School at fifteen in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. Less than four years later, he received both an undergraduate and a graduate degree simultaneously from the [[University of South Carolina]] in Classical Studies. Shepherd was one of the youngest students in the history of the University to achieve two degrees by age 19. In 1937, he received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] and, in 1941, his B.D. from the [[Berkeley Divinity School]] in New Haven, CT, where he worked closely with liturgical reformer [[William Palmer Ladd]], whose work he was to continue.
In 1928, he finished at the top of his class at Columbia High School at fifteen in Columbia, South Carolina. Less than four years later, he received both an undergraduate and a graduate degree simultaneously from the [[University of South Carolina]] in classical studies. Shepherd was one of the youngest students in the history of the university to achieve two degrees by age 19.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} In 1937, he received his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree from the [[University of Chicago]]{{sfn|Moriarty|1995|p=199}} and, in 1941, his [[Bachelor of Divinity]] degree from [[Berkeley Divinity School]] in New Haven, Connecticut, where he worked closely with its Dean, liturgical reformer [[William Palmer Ladd]], whose work he was to continue.


Early in his teaching career he held a faculty position at the [[Episcopal Divinity School|Episcopal Theological School]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For many years, he was a faculty member at the [[Church Divinity School of the Pacific]] in Berkeley, California, and also in the [[Graduate Theological Union]].
Early in his teaching career he held a faculty position at the [[Episcopal Divinity School|Episcopal Theological School]] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For many years, he was a faculty member at the [[Church Divinity School of the Pacific]] in [[Berkeley, California]], and also in the [[Graduate Theological Union]].


He was instrumental in the success of the Sewanee Church Music Conference which began in July 1951 at [[The University of the South]] at Sewanee, TN. Richard White (who served as registrar for 13 years) related: “He was probably the finest liturgist in the country. He could talk for fifty minutes (the length of the classes) on the Prayer Book, the psalms, the structure of the service, etc. with no notes and never searched for a word.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frogmusic.com/sewaneeconf/a-brief-history.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-11-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309075725/http://www.frogmusic.com/sewaneeconf/a-brief-history.html |archivedate=2011-03-09 |df= }} Frogmusic.com</ref>
He was instrumental in the success of the Sewanee Church Music Conference which began in July 1951 at the [[University of the South]] at [[Sewanee, Tennessee|Sewanee]], [[Tennessee]]. Richard White (who served as registrar for 13 years) related: "He was probably the finest liturgist in the country. He could talk for fifty minutes (the length of the classes) on the Prayer Book, the psalms, the structure of the service, etc. with no notes and never searched for a word."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frogmusic.com/sewaneeconf/a-brief-history.html |title=A Brief History &#124; Sewanee Church Music Conference |accessdate=2011-11-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309075725/http://www.frogmusic.com/sewaneeconf/a-brief-history.html |archivedate=2011-03-09 }} Frogmusic.com</ref>


Shepherd also served as the head of the Church Historical Society for many years.
Shepherd also served as the head of the Church Historical Society for many years.
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He was the author of over eighty publications, including ''The Living Liturgy'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 1946),
He was the author of over eighty publications, including ''The Living Liturgy'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 1946),
''The Oxford American Prayer Book Commentary'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 1950), and
''The Oxford American Prayer Book Commentary'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 1950), and
''The Worship of the Church'', Seabury Press, 1952).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BYkfAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 ''The Christian idea of education: papers and discussions''], [[Edmund Fuller]] (1958), [[Yale University Press]], page xi</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-45523|title=WorldCat Identities is covered by the OCLC ResearchWorks Terms and Conditions |accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref>
''The Worship of the Church'', Seabury Press, 1952).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BYkfAAAAMAAJ ''The Christian idea of education: papers and discussions''], [[Edmund Fuller]] (1958), [[Yale University Press]], page xi</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-45523|title=WorldCat Identities is covered by the OCLC ResearchWorks Terms and Conditions |accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref>


He contributed commentaries on the Gospel According to John and the three Epistles of John to ''The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible'' (Abingdon Press, 1971).
He contributed commentaries on the Gospel According to John and the three Epistles of John to ''The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible'' (Abingdon Press, 1971).
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In ''The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse'' he refers to the Revelation to St. John the Divine in parallel to the Last Supper.
In ''The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse'' he refers to the Revelation to St. John the Divine in parallel to the Last Supper.


Shepherd died on February 19, 1990, in [[Sacramento, California]].{{sfn|Armentrout|Slocum|2000}}
His ashes are interred on Signal Mountain, TN next to his wife, Gaby.

==See also==
* [[Marion J. Hatchett]]


==References==
==References==
===Footnotes===
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist|22em}}

===Bibliography===
{{refbegin|35em|indent=yes}}
* {{cite encyclopedia
|editor1-last=Armentrout
|editor1-first=Donald S.
|editor2-last=Slocum
|editor2-first=Robert Boak
|year=2000
|title=Shepherd, Massey Hamilton, Jr.
|url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/shepherd-massey-hamilton-jr/
|encyclopedia=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians
|location=New York
|publisher=Church Publishing
|pages=481–482
|access-date=August 4, 2020
}}
* {{cite journal
|last=Moriarty
|first=Michael
|year=1995
|title=Associated Parishes and the 1979 Prayer Book
|journal=Anglican and Episcopal History
|volume=64
|issue=2
|pages=195–227
|issn=0896-8039
|jstor=42611697
}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin|35em|indent=yes}}
* {{cite book
|year=1981
|editor-last=Burson
|editor-first=Malcolm C.
|title=Worship Points the Way: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Massey Hamilton Shepherd
|location=New York
|publisher=Seabury Press
|isbn=978-0-8164-0482-7
}}
{{refend}}


== External links ==
==External links==
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/mhshepherd/ Bibliographic directory] from [[Project Canterbury]]
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/mhshepherd/ Bibliographic directory] from [[Project Canterbury]]


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Latest revision as of 17:08, 22 December 2023

The Reverend
Massey H. Shepherd
Born
Massey Hamilton Shepherd Jr.

(1913-03-14)March 14, 1913
Wilmington, North Carolina, US
DiedFebruary 19, 1990(1990-02-19) (aged 76)
Sacramento, California, US
Known forRole in the development of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer
SpouseGabriella Taylor Connor
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchEpiscopal Church (United States)
Ordained1941 (deacon · priest)[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
InfluencesWilliam Palmer Ladd[2]
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Notable worksThe Oxford American Prayer Book Commentary (1950)[1]

Massey Hamilton Shepherd Jr. (March 14, 1913 – February 19, 1990) was an American priest and scholar of the Episcopal Church. A prominent liturgist, he was one of the few American members of other Christian churches honored with an invitation to observe the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s.[citation needed] He served on the Episcopal Church's Standing Liturgical Commission from 1947 to 1976 and was a leading figure in developing the 1979 Book of Common Prayer used by the Episcopal Church.[1]

Early life[edit]

Shepherd was born on March 14, 1913,[3] in Wilmington, North Carolina, the second child and only son of Alice Louise Gladstone Melville and Massey Hamilton Shepherd Sr. He spent many of his younger years in Columbia, South Carolina. He was confirmed in what is now Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, across from the State House in South Carolina's capital city.

Shepherd was married to Gabriella Taylor Connor, an artist and watercolorist. They had one daughter, Nancy Lloyd, who is married and has two children.

Academic career[edit]

In 1928, he finished at the top of his class at Columbia High School at fifteen in Columbia, South Carolina. Less than four years later, he received both an undergraduate and a graduate degree simultaneously from the University of South Carolina in classical studies. Shepherd was one of the youngest students in the history of the university to achieve two degrees by age 19.[citation needed] In 1937, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago[2] and, in 1941, his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut, where he worked closely with its Dean, liturgical reformer William Palmer Ladd, whose work he was to continue.

Early in his teaching career he held a faculty position at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For many years, he was a faculty member at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and also in the Graduate Theological Union.

He was instrumental in the success of the Sewanee Church Music Conference which began in July 1951 at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. Richard White (who served as registrar for 13 years) related: "He was probably the finest liturgist in the country. He could talk for fifty minutes (the length of the classes) on the Prayer Book, the psalms, the structure of the service, etc. with no notes and never searched for a word."[4]

Shepherd also served as the head of the Church Historical Society for many years.

He was the author of over eighty publications, including The Living Liturgy (Oxford University Press, 1946), The Oxford American Prayer Book Commentary (Oxford University Press, 1950), and The Worship of the Church, Seabury Press, 1952).[5][6]

He contributed commentaries on the Gospel According to John and the three Epistles of John to The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible (Abingdon Press, 1971).

In The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse he refers to the Revelation to St. John the Divine in parallel to the Last Supper.

Shepherd died on February 19, 1990, in Sacramento, California.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Armentrout & Slocum 2000, p. 482.
  2. ^ a b Moriarty 1995, p. 199.
  3. ^ "Massey Hamilton Shepherd March 14 1913 - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "A Brief History | Sewanee Church Music Conference". Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011. Frogmusic.com
  5. ^ The Christian idea of education: papers and discussions, Edmund Fuller (1958), Yale University Press, page xi
  6. ^ "WorldCat Identities is covered by the OCLC ResearchWorks Terms and Conditions". Retrieved October 2, 2008.
  7. ^ Armentrout & Slocum 2000.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Armentrout, Donald S.; Slocum, Robert Boak, eds. (2000). "Shepherd, Massey Hamilton, Jr.". An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians. New York: Church Publishing. pp. 481–482. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  • Moriarty, Michael (1995). "Associated Parishes and the 1979 Prayer Book". Anglican and Episcopal History. 64 (2): 195–227. ISSN 0896-8039. JSTOR 42611697.

Further reading[edit]

  • Burson, Malcolm C., ed. (1981). Worship Points the Way: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Massey Hamilton Shepherd. New York: Seabury Press. ISBN 978-0-8164-0482-7.

External links[edit]

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