He was born in
Solum as a son of
dean Theodor Ording (1837–1908) and Johanne Gabrielle Gustava Andrea Hauge (1851–90). He was a grandson of
Andreas Hauge, and great-grandson of
Hans Nielsen Hauge. He was also a first cousin of
Johannes Ording and
Fredrik Ording, and thus a first cousin once removed of actor
Jørn Ording, politician
Aake Anker Ording and historian and politician
Arne Ording. He took the
examen artium at
Kristiania Cathedral School in 1902, and the
cand.theol. degree in 1909. He worked in
Tromsø and
Hammerfest before being hired as a priest for Norwegians in Berlin in 1914. He married German citizen Annelise Fechter (1890–1984) in December 1916. In the same year he was appointed as a research fellow at the
Royal Frederick University. He finished the thesis
Untersuchungen über Entwicklungslehre und Teleologi in 1921, which earned him the
Dr. Theol. degree in 1922. After this he was a
curate at
Berg, Østfold from 1922 to 1928, curate in
Frogner from 1928 to 1935 and
vicar in Frogner from 1935 to 1939. In 1939 he was appointed as professor at the
University of Oslo, a position which had been vacant for a year, in waiting of Ording to finish the book
Dogmatisk metode. In addition to his thesis and
Dogmatisk metode, his most important work was
Estetikk og kristendom (1929). He later co-published the works of his great-grandfather,
Hans Nielsens Hauges Skrifter, in eight volumes between 1947 and 1954. He died in February 1952 in Oslo, before the last volume had been published. ==Selected works==