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Griffith Arthur Jones
Griffith Arthur Jones (1827 – 22 September 1906) was a Welsh Anglican priest for over 50 years, and was a strong supporter of the practices of the Oxford Movement in his ministry. Life Jones was born in Ruabon, Wales, where his father was curate. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford between 1847 and 1851, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1851. He was also ordained deacon in 1851 (priest in 1852) and was initially curate in Trewalchmai and Heneglwys, Anglesey declining the vicarage of Llangorwen, Cardiganshire. He served as vicar of Llanegryn from 1857 to 1872, when he took up what was to be his last appointment, at St Mary's Church in Cardiff. He retired in 1903 and died on 22 September 1906. During his ministry in Wales, he followed and taught the views and practices of the Oxford Movement The Oxford Movement was a movement of high church members of the Church of England which began in the 1830s and eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. The English church renounced papal authority in 1534 when Henry VIII failed to secure a papal annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI's regents, before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip. The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both Reformed and Catholic. In the earlier phase of the English Reformation there were both Roman Catholic martyrs and radical Protestant martyrs. The later phases saw the Penal Laws punish Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
