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Knox, the Rt Revd Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott
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Knox, the Rt Revd Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott (1888–1957). His autobiographical
A Spiritual Aeneid (1918) describes his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Knox wrote many theological works, published a new translation of the Bible, based on the
Vulgate (1945–9), and acquired a wide reputation as journalist and broadcaster. He also wrote six detective stories, and was well known for his light verse.
Let Dons Delight (1939) describes, through conversations in an Oxford senior common room at 50-year intervals, the process of specialization that leads to the loss of a common culture. His brother, E. G. V. Knox (1881–1971), was as ‘Evoe’ a well-known humorist and editor (1932–49) of
Punch.
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The business of all: Ronald Knox's plea for peace.(Short Take)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 7/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...fiftieth anniversary of the death of Ronald Knox, one of the most popular Catholic...rally in Glasgow. As a young man, Knox frequently debated political questions...of the speech was also important. Knox gave it in 1928, ten years after...
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Shelf life.(The Wine of Certitude: A Literary Biography of Ronald Knox)(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...commonsensical attitude toward life. Msgr. Ronald Knox (1888-1957)--the great man...Rooney's impressive new guide to Knox's works--The Wine of Certitude: A Literary Biography of Ronald Knox (Ignatius, 427 pp., $17.95...
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OBITUARY: Ronald Knox-Mawer.(Features)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 2/12/2009; 658 words
; Byline: Ronald Knox-Mawer HE WAS the judge with a love...modern age, though not too far; and Ronald Knox-Mawer, also a writer and broadcaster...give them discarded clothes and food. Ronald Knox-Mawer, lawyer and writer; born August...
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Obituary: Daphne, Lady Acton Chatelaine of Aldenham and intimate of Ronald Knox
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the best-known, with Monsignor Ronald Knox, whom her sister-in-law, married...what seemed like ease, while Fr Knox, though dragooned into helping with...and political uneasiness. In 1958 Ronald Knox died of cancer; he and Daphne Acton...
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Letter to the Editor: Ronald Knox got there first
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/8/1997; 305 words
; ...a brilliant forerunner in England. In 1928 Monsignor Ronald Knox {pictured above} used the same technique to prove that...duties", and "Who pummels Faith-Defender? Tenn". Knox was moved to write it when people had been playing with...
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Ronald E. Knox.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 5/9/2009; 360 words
; NORFOLK - Ronald Eugene Knox, 59, of the 400 block of W. Little Creek Road, died May 4, 2009. A funeral will be at 5 p.m. Monday in Metropolitan Funeral Service, Granby St. Chapel.
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KNOX, RONALD
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 2/8/2007; 215 words
; Formerly of Skegoneill Avenue, Belfast, died peacefully, Marsden Hospital, London on February 6, 2007, loving son of Evelyn, brothers Sam, Wesley, Mervyn and sisters Phyllis and Ruby. The day Thou gavest Lord has ended.
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Knox Montessori junks subdivision plan
Newspaper article from: Wilmette Life (IL); 3/6/2008; ; 660 words
; ...likely rejection by trustees, Ronald Knox Montessori School has withdrawn...de-sac, but I don't think Ronald Knox or I will be the entity bringing...they wanted to accommodate the Ronald Knox plans, but said one of the rules...
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Knox students return to brand new school
Newspaper article from: Wilmette Life (IL); 9/11/2008; ; 631 words
; Students at Ronald Knox Montessori returned to school this...to be here," said Nancy Kulick, Ronald Knox board president. "This is something Ronald Knox has been talking about for 10 years...
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Foes vow to monitor Knox's expansion
Newspaper article from: Wilmette Life (IL); 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the prospect of a new, enlarged Ronald Knox Montessori school on their block...live. Another condition requires Knox to finish a deal that gets them off...parents to spend time at the school. "Ronald Knox said over many months that they want...
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Ronald Knox
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ronald Knox 1888-1957, English theologian and author. He attended Eton and then Balliol...and appointment as Catholic chaplain at Oxford (1926). While chaplain, Knox wrote several detective novels until appointed to produce a new English Bible...
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Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott (1888–1957), Catholic apologist and translator of the Bible. The son of E. A. Knox , he became a RC in 1917. He was chaplain to the RC undergraduates at Oxford...
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Knox, the Rt Revd Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Knox, the Rt Revd Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott (1888–1957...his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Knox wrote many theological works, published...culture. His brother, E. G. V. Knox (1881–1971), was as...
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Bible, English translations of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...though in a revision by Bishop Challoner in 1749) the official Roman Catholic translation in Great Britain until Mgr. Ronald Knox published a new translation (from the Latin) in 1955, which was elegant and clear but too different to win much approval...
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translations of the Bible into modern English
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...shared in the preparation of NRSV and REB, but they have also had their own independent translations, notably that of Ronald Knox in 1945–9, and the Jerusalem Bible (1966), which owed much to the French translation (1956) published...
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