OXFORD MOVEMENT


Meaning of OXFORD MOVEMENT in English

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 Newman , Edward Pusey and John Keble, and had an important influence on the development of the Church of England, which became more High Church in the 19th century.

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