EDMOND
La B. CHERBONNIER, chairman of the religion department at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., earned degrees at Harvard University, Union Theological
Seminary, Cambridge University, and Columbia University. Prior to assuming his present position, he
taught at Union Theological Seminary, Vassar College, and Barnard College of
Columbia University and was Deacon at the Cathedral Church of St. John the
Divine, New York. The author
of Hardness of Heart, Dr. Cherbonnier has
contributed articles to a number of scholarly journals.
GEORGE
H. EMERSON is Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of California and Chancellor
of St. Andrew’s parish, Saratoga, California. A lawyer by training, Archdeacon Emerson was
ordained a deacon in 1960 and has been active in parish and diocesan affairs.
THEODORE
PARKER FERRIS, Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, Mass. Since 1942, was educated at
Harvard University, Union Theological
Seminary, and General Theological Seminary, New York. A noted preacher and pastor, Dr. Ferris has
authored a number of books, including Go Tell the People, and
contributed to The Interpreter’s Bible.
GEORGES
FLOROVSKY is visiting professor of history and religion at Princeton University, New Jersey, and professor of Eastern
Church history, emeritus, at Harvard University. He was educated at the University of Odessa and the Russian University Center, Prague, and is the recipient of
honorary degrees. A member of the Faith
and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, he is the author of Eastern
Fathers of the Fourth Century, Byzantine Fathers of the Fifth Through the
Eighth Centuries, Ways of Russian Theology, and numerous scholarly
articles.
EDWARD
R. HARDY, professor of church history at Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., since 1947, was educated
at Columbia University, General Theological
Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary, New York. He has been a participant in theological
discussions at the World Council of Churches, and among his scholarly
publications are Militant in Earth: Twenty Centuries of the Spread of
Christianity and (ed.) Christology of the Later Fathers in the
“Library of Christian Classics.”
JOSEF
HORNEF was for many years District Court Judge in Fulda, Germany, and holds the degree of Doctor utriusque juris. The author of numerous scholarly articles
about the restoration of the diaconate in the Roman
Catholic Church, as well as the role of the layman, Dr. Hornef
is the author of the book Kommt der Diakon der
frühen Kirche wieder? Which has been published in
English as The New Vocation.
Dr. Hornef resides today in Fulda.
KENNETH
SCOTT LATOURETTE is Sterling Professor of Missions and Oriental History,
Emeritus, at Yale University. Educated at Linfield College, Oregon, and Yale University, Dr. Latourette
has been awarded numerous honorary degrees.
“Recognized and established as the pre-eminent Protestant historian of
the twentieth century” (The Christian Herald), his works include the
seven-volume History of the Expansion of Christianity, A History of
Christianity, and Christianity Through the Ages.
ARNOLD
H. LEGG was educated at Cambridge University and Fitzwilliam Hall and Chestnut Theological College. He served as a Congregational minister in the
South India United Church and later as a bishop in
the Church of South India at its inception in 1947
until his retirement in 1966. His final
post was as Moderator of the Church of South India (1962-1966),
and in this capacity was an Observer at the recent Vatican Council. Bishop Legg, now residing in England, contributed the chapter
“Bishops in the Church of South India” in the volume Bishops
(London, 1961) and is the author of Christian Baptism:
Its Practice and Its Meaning.
RICHARD
T. NOLAN is an instructor in philosophy and education at Hartford Seminary
Foundation (for 1967-8) and lecturer in philosophy at the Universities of
Connecticut and Hartford; since 1965 he has been an
associate minister at Trinity Church parish, Bristol, Connecticut. Educated at Trinity College (Conn.), Berkeley
Divinity School, Hartford Seminary Foundation, Yale University and New York
University, Mr. Nolan taught formerly at Watkinson
School, Cathedral School of the Catholic Church of St. John the Divine, and the
Cheshire Academy.
ROBERT
S. PAUL is professor of modern church history at the Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary, Pennsylvania, a
post which he assumed in the fall of 1967.
Educated at Oxford University, he has held parish posts,
attended the first assembly of the World Council of Churches, and was Associate
Director of the Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies in Switzerland. From 1958 to 1967 Dr. Paul was Waldo
Professor of Church History at Hartford Seminary Foundation. He is the author of The Lord Protector,
a biography of Oliver Cromwell, The
Atonement and the Sacraments, Ministry, and several scholarly essays,
including contributions to the Encyclopedia Britannica and Weltkirchenlexicon.
PATRICK
RUSSELL is a curate in the rural area of Hollyford, Ireland, where he is a member of
the (Roman Catholic) Cashel Diocesan Priests
Council. Educated at University College, Ireland, and Yale University, where he specialized in
German literature, Father Russell is a veteran translator for Dr. Hornef.
MARY
P. TRUESDELL was ordered deaconess in 1919 and has served in a number of
parishes of the Episcopal Church.
Educated at Milwaukee-Downer College and the Philadelphia training center for
deaconesses, she is the author of The Deaconess Office and Ministry and Does the Church Want Deaconesses?