From Christian Century-Harvey Guthrie Jr., former Episcopal seminary dean, died on December 17 in Oxnard, California, where he had been recovering from hip surgery.
During Guthrie’s tenure as dean, Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the first Episcopal seminary to allow ordained Anglican women to celebrate the Eucharist in its chapel and the first Episcopal seminary to admit openly gay and lesbian students to degree programs.
Guthrie participated in a historic period in the life of the Episcopal Church as a deputy to its general conventions from 1973 to 1982, as a leader in the movement for the ordination of women, as a participant in the deliberations leading to the 1979 revision of the Book of Common Prayer, and as an advocate for the recognition of gay and lesbian unions and the ordination of openly gay and lesbian people.
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https://www.christiancentury.org/article/people/harvey-guthrie-jr-leader-during-historic-period-episcopalians-dies
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