Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane KBE (14 October 1911 – 14 April 2009) was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1966–1982 and Primate

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 of Australia

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 from 1978–1982. He was the first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney and also the first Australian-born archbishop

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 within the Anglican Church of Australia

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.

Loane was born in Tasmania

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 on 14 October 1911. He spent nearly all his ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

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 except for two years during World War II

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 as an army chaplain

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 in New Guinea

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. After the war he was appointed vice-principal and then principal of Moore Theological College

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. In 1958, he was appointed a coadjutor (assistant) bishop in the diocese.

Loane was a prolific author and his works include several biographies.

In the 1976 New Year Honours

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, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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 (KBE). He was also appointed Chaplain of the Venerable Order of Saint John

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 on 5 December 1978.

He and his wife Lady (Patricia) Loane celebrated 71 years of marriage on 31 December 2008.

Loane died in Sydney

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on 14 April 2009 at the age of 97.

Works

Biblical and doctrinal:

• Infant baptism and immersion : what the Bible teaches, (1941)
• Vox Crucis, or, Echoes from Calvary, (1944)
• Mary of Bethany, (1949)
• The man of sorrows, (1953)
• The crown of thorns, (1954)
• The Voice of the Cross, (1956)
• The Prince of Life, etc. (Studies dealing ... with the Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ), (1947)
• Key-texts in the Epistle to the Hebrews, (1961)
• Then came Jesus : Studies in Luke 24 and John 20, (1962)
• It is the Lord. (1965)
• Do you now believe? ... A short introduction to Christian doctrine based on the Apostles' Creed, (1966)
• The hope of glory: an exposition of the eighth chapter in the 'Epistle to the Romans, (1968) ISBN 0-340-02404-6
• This surpassing excellence. Textual studies in the Epistles to the Churches of Galatia and Philippi, (1969) ISBN 0-207-95156-X
• By Faith We Stand - key texts in 2 Corinthians, (1971) ISBN 0-207-12221-0
• Grace and the Gentiles : expository studies in six Pauline Letters, (1981) ISBN 0-85151-327-1
• Godliness and contentment : studies in the pastoral epistles, (1982) ISBN 0-8010-5619-5
• In exile on Patmos : studies in the Gospel, First Epistle and Apocalypse of St John the Divine, (1993) ISBN 0-86408-161-8
• From Bethlehem to Olivet, (1998) ISBN 0-86408-216-9
• His name was Jesus, (1999)
• Genesis and the Patriarchs, (2000)
• This Same Jesus - Studies in the life of Jesus

Biographical and historical:

• Handley Carr Glyn Moule 1841-1920, (1947)
• Oxford and the Evangelical Succession, (1951)
• Cambridge and the Evangelical Succession, (1952)
• Masters Of The English Reformation, Church Society (1954) & Banner of Truth Trust (2005), ISBN 0-85151-910-5
• A Centenary History of Moore Theological College, (1955)
• Archbishop Mowll : the biography of Howard West Kilvinton Mowll, Archbishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia, (1960)
• Makers of Religious Freedom in the Seventeenth Century, (1960)
• Sons of the Covenant, (1963)
• The Story of the China Inland Mission, (1965)
• Makers of our heritage. A study of four Evangelical leaders, (1967)
• John the Baptist as witness and martyr, (1968) ISBN 0-551-00203-4
• They were pilgrims, (1970) ISBN 0-207-12092-7, & Banner of Truth Trust (2006) ISBN 0-85151-928-8
• Pioneers of the Reformation in England, (1964) ISBN 0-85190-056-9
• Amazing grace: some aspects and insights in the life of the apostle Paul, (1972) ISBN 0-551-05169-8
• John Charles Ryle, 1816-1900, (1983) ISBN 0-340-34251-X
• Three faithful servants, (1991) ISBN 0-86408-138-3

External links

• Reverend Marcus Loane - Daily Telegraph obituary