VirtueOnline - Obituary: Leon Morris

The following excerpt is from David Virtue regarding the passing of Biblical Scholar Leon Morris. I find it incredible that as brilliant a scholar as Dr. Morris was, he was "self taught". The Holy Spirit doesn't need seminary to train His ministers and kingdom workers. From Virtueonline.org: "OBITUARY. Sadly we announce the passing this week of Dr. Leon Morris, Australia's most prolific biblical and theological author. He wrote over fifty books of theology and biblical commentary which have sold nearly two million copies worldwide and been translated into many languages. He was well-known throughout the Christian world as a careful, conservative biblical scholar. Extraordinarily, Morris received no formal theological education, apart from two years of supervision for his doctorate in Cambridge. He was a self-taught theologian who brought his rigorous and disciplined training in scientific enquiry to his study of the Bible and theology. He was 93. His book, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross, became seminal for modern evangelical theology of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. He was encouraged in his study by Professor, later Archbishop, Michael Ramsay. In 1961, Morris accepted the position of Warden at Tyndale House in Cambridge, a significant evangelical biblical research centre. In 1964, he courageously left this ideal academic post and returned to Ridley College as Principal when the college was in severe difficulty, convinced this was God's call. During his fifteen years as Principal, he strengthened the college, gave it a worldwide reputation, built a new chapel and established Ridley College as an official residential college of Melbourne University, the first college to take both men and women. In 1966 he was runner-up in the election of the Archbishop of Sydney. He and Mildred were loyal members of Holy Trinity Doncaster near Melbourne, where he preached his final sermon, on the opening verses of John's gospel late in 1997. Morris was well known for his humble manner and gracious Christian character. He leaves a vast legacy of theologically equipped ministers throughout the world upholding biblical Christian faith centered on the atoning death of Jesus Christ. He is survived by his brother, Max. His wife Mildred predeceased him in April 2003. They had no children. The Leon and Mildred Morris Foundation continues their generosity to many good causes. SOURCE. The Rev'd Canon Dr Peter Adam, Principal, Ridley College, Melbourne."