Edward Scott (theologian)
Edward "Ted" Scott (born April 30, 1919 in Edmonton , Alberta , † June 21, 2004 ) was a Canadian , Anglican clergyman and theologian and primate of the Anglican Church of Canada .
Scott grew up in Vancouver, where his father was the principal. Scott attended the Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1942. Scott became the Anglican Bishop of Kootenay in 1966 .
From 1971 to 1986 Scott was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and served as the moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches from 1975 to 1983. Scott was considered a liberal clergyman of his time within the Church and defended reforms such as the approval of women's ordination in the Anglican Church of Canada . In the late 1980s Scott was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations Eminent Persons Group , which supported the introduction of sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Primate Scott received the Pearson Peace Medal of Canada in 1998 and became Companion of the Order of Canada in 1978 .
In 2004, Scott died in a car accident near Parry Sound , Ontario .
literature
- Hugh McCullum: Radical Compassion: The Life and Times of Archbishop Edward Scott. ABC Publishing, Toronto 2004, ISBN 1-55126-414-5 .
Individual proof
- ^ Pearson Peace Medal> Archbishop Edward Scott (1988) ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scott, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scott, Ted (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian Anglican clergyman and theologian and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 2004 |