Trevor Gervase Jalland

Trevor Gervase Jalland
Born(1896-10-14)14 October 1896
Died14 May 1975(1975-05-14) (aged 78)
OccupationsChurch historian, author
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of the Catholic Church
WorkplacesUniversity of Exeter

Trevor Gervase Jalland (14 October 1896 – 14 May 1975) was a British priest and Patristics scholar who wrote a number of books on the history of the Church.

Biography

Jalland was born on 14 October 1896, and died on 14 May 1975.[1]

Career

Jalland served as the Vicar of St Thomas the Martyr Church in Oxford, England from 1933 to 1947.[2] In 1944, he became a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He served as the head of the Department of Theology at the University of Exeter from 1957 to 1962.[1]

He delivered the Bampton Lectures in 1942.[3][4]

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of notable books:[5]

  • The Church and the Papacy: A Historical Study
  • The Open Bible
  • The Church of God
  • The Bible, the Church and South India
  • Origin and Development of the Christian Church
  • This Our Sacrifice: A Brief Theological and Historical Study

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Jalland, Rev. Trevor Gervase, (14 Oct. 1896–14 May 1975), Head of the Department of Theology, University of Exeter, 1957–62, retired; Lecturer in Theology since 1945, Senior Lecturer, 1956; Member of the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford, 1944", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u156063, retrieved 17 April 2026
  2. ↑ "Letter #1449". The Letters of T. S. Eliot. T. S. Eliot Estate. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Bampton Lectures". Project Canterbury. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bampton Lecture Series". Preterist Archive (archived). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Jalland, Trevor – Author Search Results". HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 9 July 2026.