R. Tudur Jones
Welsh nationalist and theologian (1921–1998)
Robert Tudur Jones (28 June 1921 – 23 July 1998), better known as R. Tudur Jones, was a Welsh nationalist and one of the country's leading theologians. His nationalistic stance, combined with Calvinist doctrine, created an integrated vision that was significant to the religious life of Christian Wales in the later half of the 20th century.
Early life
Jones was born at Tyddyn Gwyn, Llanystumdwy, north Wales but soon the family moved to Rhyl. Christian faith was the foundation of family life as his parents experienced the spiritual zeal of the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival. The family were members of the local Welsh Congregational Church and while other children recited verses on the Sunday morning, as it is a tradition in nonconformist churches, he would recite a whole chapter. Though being raised as a Christian, it is said that the turning point in his life was when he heard D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones preach at an evangelistic crusade at Rhyl Pavilion where he believed he encountered God.
Jones' interest in ecclesiastical history started when he was a pupil at Rhyl Grammar School. There his history teacher, S. M. Houghton (father of the physicist, Sir John Houghton), taught him about the Puritans and he read New Testament Greek with the headmaster, T. I. Ellis. After Grammar School he won a Scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford. His father, however, insisted that he attend the University of Wales instead.
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