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Paul D. L. Avis is an Anglican priest, theologian and ecumenist. He was General Secretary of the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity from 1998 to 2011, Theological Consultant to the Anglican Communion Office, London, from 2011 to 2012, and Canon Theologian of Exeter Cathedral, 2008-2013. At the University of Exeter he is honorary Professor of Theology and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Christian Church. Paul Avis is also a Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Editor in Chief of the international and ecumenical peer-reviewed journal ''Ecclesiology'', published by Brill. == Biography == Paul David Loup Avis was born on 21 July 1947 in Walthamstow (Greater London). He studied theology at the University of London, where he obtained his BD (Hons) in 1970 and his PhD in 1976 with a thesis on the theology of Bishop Charles Gore, which was later published as ''Gore: Construction and Conflict'' (1988). In 1970 he married Susan Janet Haywood; they have three sons and two grandchildren. After serving briefly as a presbyter in the Free Church of England, he was ordained deacon (1975) and priest (1976) in the Church of England's Diocese of Exeter, Avis served his title as assistant curate in the large team ministry of the South Molton Group of Parishes (1975–80), after which he became the vicar of the semi-rural, multi-parish benefice of Stoke Canon, Poltimore with Huxham, and Rewe with Netherexe, for eighteen years (1980–98). Avis served the wider diocese as Cathedral Prebendary (1993) and Sub-Dean (1997), and in 2008 he became the cathedral's and diocese’s first Canon Theologian. He is also an honorary Assistant Priest in the Axminster Group of Parishes in which he lives (in East Devon, UK). Since his first years as a parish priest, Avis has become a prolific writer of theological books and articles, especially related to the identity and ecclesiology of Anglicanism in historical and ecumenical perspective. In 2004 he founded the international journal ''Ecclesiology'', of which he is Editor in Chief.〔http://www.brill.com/ecclesiology〕 Avis has been affiliated to the University of Exeter since the early 1980s. He became an honorary Research Fellow of the Department of Theology in 1995 and honorary Professor of Theology in 2009. He set up the Centre for the Study of the Christian Church, which organises ecumenical consultations and holds the annual Richard Hooker Lectures at the Cathedral and at the University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth. The journal ''Ecclesiology'' is a project of the Centre and is also published in association with the Ecclesiological Investigations Research Network. In 1998 Avis was appointed Dr (now Dame) Mary Tanner’s successor in the key ecumenical position of General Secretary of The Council for Christian Unity, the Church of England’s ecumenical study and advisory commission. He had already served on the Faith and Order Advisory Group (1990-98) and the Doctrine Commission (1989-95) of the Church of England, and has subsequently been a member of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations (2000-08). He now serves on the successor body, the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity Faith and Order. Her Majesty The Queen appointed Avis as a member of the Royal College of Chaplains in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Avis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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