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Patrick Carnegie Simpson | |
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 Glasgow – circa 1900 | |
| Born | 1865 Horsham, Australia |
| Died | 1947 Cambridge |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | George Watson's College Edinburgh University New College, Edinburgh |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Church history Westminster College, Cambridge (1914–1937) |
| Writings | The Fact of Christ (1900) The Life of Principal Rainy (1907) … |
Congregations served | Christchurch, Wallington 1895 Renfield Church, Glasgow 1899 Egremont Church, Wallasey 1911 |
Offices held | Moderator of the Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Churches (1926–27) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of England (1928) |
Patrick Carnegie Simpson (1865–1947) was a Presbyterian churchman. After being ordained in 1895, he served in several towns in Scotland and England (notably Renfield Church, Glasgow, and Egremont, Wallasey) before being appointed in 1914 to the Chair of Church History at Westminster College, Cambridge. During the period leading up to the Scottish Church Crisis (1900–1905), he worked closely with Principal Rainy, his former professor at New College, Edinburgh, in his efforts to secure the union of the Free and the United Presbyterian Churches. In the post-World War I period, he played a significant role in the area of inter-Church relations, particularly during the Lambeth Conversations[1] and the Revised Prayer Book controversy. (See below) As an author, two of his books, The Fact of Christ (1900) and The Life of Principle Rainy (1909) earned widespread acclaim. In 1928, Carnegie Simpson was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of England. He retired from Westminster College in 1937.
- ^ The interdenominational talks for closer cooperation resulting from the Anglican "Appeal to all Christian People" at the Lambeth Conference of 1920.