Oxford Movement Begins

1833 · Oxford

Keble's sermon on National Apostasy opens the Oxford Movement; Newman, Pusey, and the Tracts for the Times press the Church of England toward its Catholic inheritance.

Tagged: Revival Anglican Catholic Christian

The Event

Date
1833 (exact)
Era
Modern; Standard ecumenical periodization
Location
Oxford
Traditions
Christianity
Streams
Anglican, Catholic
Key figures
John Keble, John Henry Newman, Edward Pusey
Key texts
Tracts for the Times

Primary Sources

  • John Keble, National Apostasy (1833)
  • Tracts for the Times

Secondary Sources

  • MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)

Provenance: HIST-0040; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.

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