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 — Not to be confused with the twentieth century Oxford Group. Part of a series on the Anglican Communion … Wikipedia
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
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, The — • Lengthy historical article on the Tractarian Movement includes information on John Henry Newman, as well as on other leading lights of this nineteenth century Anglo Catholic campaign, such as John Keble and Hurrell Froude Catholic Encyclopedia … Catholic encyclopedia
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 — 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
Oxford movement — noun Date: 1841 a High Church movement within the Church of England begun at Oxford in 1833 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Oxford Movement — A movement in the Church of England, begun at Oxford in 1833, seeking a return to certain Roman Catholic doctrines and practices … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Oxford movement — Ox′ford move ment n. rel the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 Compare Tractarianism • Etymology: 1835–45 … From formal English to slang
