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Church Of St. John The Baptist, Leamington Spa
St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Catholic Church of England parish church, parish church in Leamington Spa, England. The historic structure is Grade II* listed. History The church of St John the Baptist was built between 1877 and 1878 to designs by the architect John Cundall of Leamington. It was recently reroofed at a cost of £250,000 by Brown Matthews Architects. It is a parish of the Society of St Wilfrid and St Hilda under the care of the Bishop of Oswestry. Organ The church has a two-manual pipe organ built by Henry Jones which dates from 1878. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Organists *1880–1888: Richard Yates Mander References {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint John the Baptist Church, Leamington Spa Gothic Revival church buildings in England Gothic Revival architecture in Warwickshire, Leamington, St John the Baptist Grade II* listed churches in Warwickshire, Leamington, St John the Baptist Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John The Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Baptista; cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲇⲣⲟⲙⲟⲥ or ; ar, يوحنا المعمدان; myz, ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡀࡍࡀ, Iuhana Maṣbana. The name "John" is the Anglicized form, via French, Latin and then Greek, of the Hebrew, "Yochanan", which means "YHWH is gracious"., group="note" ( – ) was a mission preacher active in the area of Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser. John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and he is revered as a major religious figure Funk, Robert W. & the Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
