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• Oxford movement —    The Oxford movement was a revitalization movement within the Church of England in the 1830s, which aimed to revive the church s Catholic roots in order to keep it from becoming just another Protestant sect. Among the events that contributed to …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

• (the) Oxford Movement — the Oxford Movement [the Oxford Movement] a group of people based in ↑Oxford in the 1830s and 1840s who believed that many of the ↑Roman Catholic ideas and ceremonies should be introduced into the ↑Church of England. The group included Cardinal …   Useful english dictionary

• The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) —     The Oxford Movement (1833 1845)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Oxford Movement (1833 1845)     The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. The conception which lay at its base, according to the Royal Commission on… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Oxford movement — Oxford Ox ford, prop. a. Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England. [1913 Webster] {Oxford movement}. See {Tractarianism}. {Oxford School}, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oxford movement — n. a High Church, anti liberal movement within the Church of England, begun at Oxford University in 1833: see TRACTARIANISM …   English World dictionary

• Oxford Movement — Oxford Move|ment, the a group that was formed in Oxford in the mid 19th century, which tried to bring some of the ceremonies and beliefs of the Catholic religion into the Church of England …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Oxford Movement — Not to be confused with the twentieth century Oxford Group. Part of a series on the Anglican Communion …   Wikipedia

• Oxford Movement — Mouvement d Oxford Le Mouvement d’Oxford (Oxford Movement), était un courant théologique anglais du XIXe siècle, situé dans la lignée des théories défendues par la Haute Église (High Church) anglicane. Ses partisans étaient pour la plupart des… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Oxford Movement —    Also known as the Tractarians after the 90 Tracts for the Times, published between 1833 and 1841, a group of churchmen and scholars who sought to restore to the Anglican Church its theological and liturgical foundations, including its musical… …   Historical dictionary of sacred music

• Oxford movement — the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 in opposition to liberalizing, rationalizing, and evangelical tendencies and emphasizing the principles of primitive and patristic… …   Universalium