sentences:  In 1964 the University of Glasgow conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters on him and in 1969 the university awarded him the degree of Doctor of Divinity "honoris causa".On his appointment to the Lady Margaret chair at Oxford he incepted as a Master of Arts.In 1981 he became a Doctor of Divinity of the University of Oxford and in 1984 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.