Roy Cheville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Roy Cheville

American musician

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1897

Place of Birth: Maxwell, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1986

Profession: theologian, hymnwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Roy Cheville

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  • Cheville (October 2, 1897–April 6, 1986) was a religious leader, theologian and educator in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or Community of Christ, as it is known today.
  • Cheville graduated from Graceland University in 1921 with an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree in liberal arts and religious education.[1] In 1926, he authored Graceland's Alma Mater Hymn while on the faculty.
  • He obtained his Ph.
  • B.
  • in 1922, an A.M in Divinity in 1923, a D.B.
  • in Practical Theology in 1925, and later a Ph.D.
  • in religion in 1942, all from the University of Chicago.
  • He was the first member of his denomination to complete a doctoral level religious education.Cheville was regarded as an influential professor of Religion at Graceland from 1923 to 1960 and also served as the campus pastor.
  • Cheville taught many introductory religion courses from his own text, “Growing Up In Religion” stressing that a view of God restricted to scriptural and doctrinal traditions was too small and confining.Cheville was called to the office of Presiding Patriarch in the RLDS Church in 1958 by W.
  • Wallace Smith and was the first person to serve in that office who was not a direct descendant of Joseph Smith In that role, he presided over the Order of Evangelists, which had 89 members at that time.
  • He authored more than 345 articles, 20 pamphlets and 25 books on Christian family life, spirituality, church history, theology, scriptures, and other religious topics.
  • He was an authority on the subject of religious socialization, but his position at Graceland University and later as Presiding Patriarch provided him with a platform from which he could be heard on a wide variety of subjects.
  • His 1962 text “Did the Light Go Out?” represented a turn away from the traditional RLDS viewpoint regarding the Great Apostasy.
  • He wrote numerous hymn texts published in Hymns of the Saints and prior hymnals, including “Afar in Old Judea” and had a reputation as a vigorous song leader and a self-styled humorist.
  • The Cheville Chapel at Graceland University is named in his honor.

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