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Ford Lewis Battles

Short Name: Ford Lewis Battles
Full Name: Battles, Ford Lewis
Birth Year: 1915
Death Year: 1979

Battles, Ford Lewis. (Erie, Pennsylvania, 1915--Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1979). West Virginia University, B.A.; Tufts College, M.A. Studied at Oxford with C.S. Lewis as a Rhodes Scholar. Air Force Intelligence during World War II, and taught English at West Virginia University before completing his Ph.D. in church history at Hartford Seminary. Professor of church history at Hartford from 1950 to 1967, and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary from 1967 to 1978, and then Calvin Theological Seminary.

--Seminary News, Calvin Theological Seminary, including all addresses given at his funeral. DNAH Archives


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Ford Lewis Battles (11)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A Christian must by faith be filledF. L. Battles (Paraphraser)1
All speech far transcendingFord Lewis Battles (Paraphraser)English1
Anointed of God, how can we see youF. L. Battles (Author)1
As You have promised, Lord, today, You are letting Your servant go away in peaceFord Lewis Battles (Adapter)English4
Creator Spirit, come to us, with heavenlyF. L. Battles (Translator)1
Glory be to our God in heavenF. L. Battles (Adapter)1
Glory to the Father! Glory to the Son! (Battles)Ford Lewis Battles (Adapter)English2
In boundless mercy God has calledF. L. Battles (Translator)English1
Praise the Father, giving lifeFord Lewis Battles (Author)English1
The church of Christ is oneF. L. Battles (Translator)1
Two Adams walked upon the earthF. L. Battles (Author)1

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