The Guild of St Matthew was an English
high-church Christian socialist association led by
Stewart Headlam from its establishment in
Bethnal Green on 29 June 1877 when Headlam was Curate at
St Matthew's to its dissolution in 1909. While the guild never had a membership of more than about 400 people, it was "the pioneer Christian socialist society of the revival period in Britain", breaking the ground for other Christian socialist organisations yet to come, such as the
Christian Social Union.
Kenneth Leech
Kenneth Leech (15 June 1939 – 12 September 2015), also known as Ken Leech, was an English Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
Life and career
Leech was born into a secular working-class family in Ashton-unde ...
described it as "the first explicitly
socialist group in Britain". For many years, it published the periodical ''The Church Reformer''.
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Anglo-Catholicism
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Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working ...
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Charles Marson
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Frederick Denison Maurice
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1877 establishments in England
1909 disestablishments in England
Anglican socialism
Christian organisations based in the United Kingdom
Christian socialist organizations
Church of England societies and organisations
Organizations disestablished in 1909
Religious organizations established in 1877
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