Term
Tractarians
Members of an Anglo-Catholic movement at Oxford who sought to revive doctrines like apostolic succession and sacraments through the publication of Tracts of the Times.
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Definition
Members of the Anglo-Catholic movement at Oxford University. Founded by John Keble, they published Tracts of the Times to revive doctrines like apostolic succession and sacraments as means of grace while also branding popery and Methodist as deviations from the true faith. Many of its members later converted to Roman Catholicism.
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Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 32Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 32.
Last revised August 14, 2026