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Definition:
The "Oxford Movement" was a religious movement begun in 1833 by Anglican clergy. The
label "Oxford" stems from the fact that these men were all from Oxford University
originally. The goal of this group was to revive various Roman Catholic practices and
doctrines within the Anglican church.
The most prominent members of the Oxford Movement were John Keble, Charles Marriott, John Henry Newman, Richard Hurrell Froude, Edward Bouverie Pusey and Richard William Church. The members of the Oxford Movement also came to be known as the Tractarians because of the many tracts written by John Henry Newman. For clergy like Newman, Anglicanism should be a mediating force between Catholicism and Protestant evangelism.
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