13 Facts About Gregory Dix

Gregory Dix was a noted liturgical scholar whose work had particular influence on the reform of Anglican liturgy in the mid-20th century.

Gregory Dix was the son of Mary Jane Dix, a Methodist, and George Henry Dix, a schoolmaster and Anglo-Catholic priest who served as the first principal of the College of St Mark and St John, Chelsea.

Gregory Dix was educated at Westminster School and became an exhibitioner at Merton College, Oxford.

Gregory Dix was made deacon on 5 October 1924 and was ordained priest on 4 October 1925.

Gregory Dix entered Nashdom the following year and was sent to the Gold Coast as a novice until his health broke down in 1929.

Gregory Dix was elected to the Convocation in 1945 and prior of his abbey in 1948.

Gregory Dix produced an edition of the Apostolic Tradition in 1935.

Gregory Dix's conclusion that "Cranmer in his eucharistic doctrine was a devout and theologically founded Zwinglian, and that his Prayer Books were exactly framed to express his convictions" proved controversial.

Gregory Dix was an Anglican Papalist, who sought reunion with the Holy See and was against any developments which might make such a union impossible.

Gregory Dix therefore campaigned against the projected church union in South India, which he saw as a possible model for similar schemes in England, and which in his view equated Anglican and free church ordinations.

In 1944 Gregory Dix defended Anglican orders against Roman Catholic critics.

Gregory Dix died of intestinal cancer on 12 May 1952 at Grovefield House.

Gregory Dix was described by Kenneth Kirk, Bishop of Oxford, as "my closest and oldest friend, and the most brilliant man in the Church of England".