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'''Michael Bland Simmons''' is an archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Americas, as well as an associate professor of history at [[Auburn Montgomery]], Alabama. |
'''Michael Bland Simmons''' is an archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Americas, as well as an associate professor of history at [[Auburn Montgomery]], Alabama. |
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Simmons was born in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], and earned a B.A. from the [[University of South Alabama]] (1976), studying Spanish Language and Literature and (Latin American) History and working as a student pastor. In 1980, he received his M.Div. at the [[Duke Divinity School]], having studied Comparative Semitics, and in 1982 received his [[Master of Sacred Theology]] at [[Yale University]]. He then studied at [[New College, Edinburgh]], and earned a Ph.D. in Early Church History (1985). His dissertation, ''Arnobius of Sicca. Conflict and Competition in the Age of Diocletian'', was published in 1995 by Oxford University Press.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Markus|first=R.A.|year=1997|title=Rev. of Simmons, ''Arnobius of Sicca''|journal=[[ |
Simmons was born in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], and earned a B.A. from the [[University of South Alabama]] (1976), studying Spanish Language and Literature and (Latin American) History and working as a student pastor. In 1980, he received his M.Div. at the [[Duke Divinity School]], having studied Comparative Semitics, and in 1982 received his [[Master of Sacred Theology]] at [[Yale University]]. He then studied at [[New College, Edinburgh]], and earned a Ph.D. in Early Church History (1985). His dissertation, ''Arnobius of Sicca. Conflict and Competition in the Age of Diocletian'', was published in 1995 by Oxford University Press.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Markus|first=R.A.|year=1997|title=Rev. of Simmons, ''Arnobius of Sicca''|journal=[[Journal of Ecclesiastical History]]|volume=48|pages=135–36|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=D51FCDC8FEF5CDC73562B68BD3AC5E80.journals?fromPage=online&aid=3446456}}</ref><ref name="Potter2004">{{cite book|last=Potter|first=David Stone|title=The Roman Empire at bay, AD 180-395|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kHTmRI4citoC&pg=PA659|accessdate=27 February 2012|year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415100588|page=659}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Drake|first=H.A.|year=1997|title=Rev. of Simmons, ''Arnobius of Sicca''|journal=[[American Society of Church History|Church History]]|volume=66|issue=2|pages=305–307|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3170662}}</ref> |
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Simmons was consecrated Bishop at St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia in 2000. He was elected Archbishop in 2007 by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Province of Christ the Good Shepherd and was installed on March 26, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicanchurchoftheamericas.org/archbishop.html|title=The Archbishop|date=2010-2012|publisher=Anglican Church of the Americas|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> |
Simmons was consecrated Bishop at St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia in 2000. He was elected Archbishop in 2007 by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Province of Christ the Good Shepherd and was installed on March 26, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicanchurchoftheamericas.org/archbishop.html|title=The Archbishop|date=2010-2012|publisher=Anglican Church of the Americas|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:49, 27 February 2012
Michael Bland Simmons is an archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Americas, as well as an associate professor of history at Auburn Montgomery, Alabama.
Simmons was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and earned a B.A. from the University of South Alabama (1976), studying Spanish Language and Literature and (Latin American) History and working as a student pastor. In 1980, he received his M.Div. at the Duke Divinity School, having studied Comparative Semitics, and in 1982 received his Master of Sacred Theology at Yale University. He then studied at New College, Edinburgh, and earned a Ph.D. in Early Church History (1985). His dissertation, Arnobius of Sicca. Conflict and Competition in the Age of Diocletian, was published in 1995 by Oxford University Press.[1][2][3]
Simmons was consecrated Bishop at St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia in 2000. He was elected Archbishop in 2007 by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Province of Christ the Good Shepherd and was installed on March 26, 2008.[4]
References
- ^ Markus, R.A. (1997). "Rev. of Simmons, Arnobius of Sicca". Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 48: 135–36.
- ^ Potter, David Stone (2004). The Roman Empire at bay, AD 180-395. Taylor & Francis. p. 659. ISBN 9780415100588. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Drake, H.A. (1997). "Rev. of Simmons, Arnobius of Sicca". Church History. 66 (2): 305–307.
- ^ "The Archbishop". Anglican Church of the Americas. 2010–2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
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