James Bethune-Baker

James Franklin Bethune-Baker FBA (August 23, 1861 – January 13 1951) was the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge from 1891. A Modern Churchman, Bethune-Baker was particularly well known for his work on the person and writings of Nestorius. He was co-editor of the Journal of Theological Studies. He was a Fellow of Pembroke College for sixty years; his burial service took place in Pembroke College Chapel on Wednesday January 17, 1951 at 2.45 pm, but he was buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge. He was a cousin of Arthur Christopher Benson, who is also buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground.

Selected works

• Influence of Christianity on War, 1888
• The Meaning of Homoousios in the "Constantinopolitan" Creed, 1901.
• An Introduction to the Early History of Christian Doctrine, to the Time of the Council of Chalcedon, 1903 (revised 1933)
• Nestorius and His Teaching, 1908.
• The Faith of the Apostles' Creed: An Essay in Adjustment Of Belief and Faith, 1918.

External links

• James Bethune-Baker at Find a Grave