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In his book The Shape of the Liturgy Dom Gregory Dix coined the phrase ‘Eucharistic man’. In a speech to clergy Archbishop Rowan Williams remarked that Homo Eucharisticus, his Latinised version of Dix’s words, was, ‘a new human species who makes sense of the world in the presence of the risen Jesus at his table’. This thesis will seek to define what is specifically meant by the term Homo Eucharisticus and to indicate that, in a very real sense, Dix is Homo Eucharisticus, understood in his life, vocation, and his primary scholarship as it is centred on The Shape of the Liturgy. I shall demonstrate that Dix’s theology was Incarnational and that his Trinitarian understanding was based on the precept of a ‘Spiritual-Logos’. I shall examine these concepts in the context of Dix’s experience and personality. I shall assess the historical, intellectual and theological influences that helped to shape his life and vocation, and explore his Anglican identity as a priest, a scholar and a member of a religious community. I shall explain Dix’s creative understanding of the Trinitarian nature of the Eucharist and determine that he was a noteworthy theologian of major significance. I shall include studies of his writings on the Ministry of the Church and his major liturgical works The Apostolic Tradition of Saint Hippolytus and The Shape of the Liturgy. I shall present a reassessment of his liturgical scholarship and review his continuing importance in the Church of the twenty-first century.

The cellulolytic enzymes of some ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti that are known to attack wood causing soft rot or blue stain were studied. Several methods of production of cellulolytic enzymes from Chaetomiuz globosum were attempted. Since small scale stationary cultures yielded the most active enzyme preparations this method was used for all further studies. Increased yield of cellulolytic enzymes was achieved by eluting the fungal mycelium and residual cellulose with a 1 per cent buffered solution of carboxymethyl-cellulose. Increased cellulolytic activity of culture filtrates was obtained from cultures where conditions of limiting growth occurred, e.g. low pH. The cellulolytic activity of some enzyme preparations was compared in absolute terms using a viscometric assay, The enzyme preparations were tested for activity against a variety of cellulosic substrates and xylan. All were found to be active against modified celluloscri, Enzyme preparations from Chaetomium globosum, and Botryodiplodia sp, showed indications of C1 activity, whereas the enzyme preparations from Phialophora fastigiate, Coniothyrium fuckellii, Cephalosporium sp and Phoma eupyrena did not. The enzyme preparations from all the blue stain fungi tested were all active against xylan after several subcultures on a media containing cellulose as the sole carbon source. Enzyme preparations from the soft rot fungi tested were not active on xylan. The enzyme preparations from the soft rot fungi had similar pH activity curves which were entirely different to the pH activity curves of the enzyme preparations from the blue stain fungi. The heterogeneity of the enzyme preparations was studied using immunological techniques. The distribution of the cellulolytic enzyme was followed in situ using a fluorescent antibody technique. The action of the enzymes on macerated wood cells was examined on a stereoscan electron microscope. From this work a new hypothesis has Been put forward to explain the formation of cavities by soft rot fungi.

The development of organizational mission statements has been emphasized since the early 1990's. Church ministries and religious organizations providing direct human services within communities have utilized mission statements to articulate actions and identity. The purpose of this project is to provide a framework to construct a clearly defined mission statement, to measure the behavior of the organization to determine proper mission statement alignment and to focus that alignment toward the great commission. The project will survey religious organizations within the United States and compare religious non-profits' operational and administrative procedures to their own mission statement. Based on the findings of the project's research, a review of scripture, books and related research a process for mission statement development is offered, keys for mission alignment are proposed and a tool for measuring mission statement alignment that focuses organizational actions toward the great commission found in Matthew 28 is presented.