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== Old High Church == | == Old High Church == | ||
Prior to the Tractarian movement, the earlier High Churchmen were more Protestant to varying degrees. Notable Old High Church bishops were: [[William Laud]], [[Samuel Seabury]], and [[E.H. Browne]]. | Prior to the Tractarian movement, the earlier High Churchmen were more Protestant to varying degrees. Notable Old High Church bishops were: [[John Cosin]], [[William Laud]], [[Samuel Seabury]], and [[E.H. Browne]]. | ||
== Anglo-Catholicism == | == Anglo-Catholicism == | ||
During the Victorian Era, the Oxford Movement began a strain of High Churchmanship that was somewhat in continuity with older High Churchmanship, and in other ways unique in its orientation. Notable Anglo-Catholic theologians include: [[John Henry Newman]], [[E.B. Pusey]], and [[John Keble]]. | During the Victorian Era, the Oxford Movement began a strain of High Churchmanship that was somewhat in continuity with older High Churchmanship, and in other ways unique in its orientation. Notable Anglo-Catholic theologians include: [[John Henry Newman]], [[E.B. Pusey]], and [[John Keble]]. | ||
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High Church or High churchmanship within Anglicanism (as well as Lutheranism and other traditions of Christianity) is a church party that emphasizes a high view of the importance of the sacraments, church tradition, and the importance or even necessity of episcopal polity. This faction is generally opposed to Low Church, Evangelical Churchmanship, and Latitudinarian factions within the Anglican Communion.
Old High Church
Prior to the Tractarian movement, the earlier High Churchmen were more Protestant to varying degrees. Notable Old High Church bishops were: John Cosin, William Laud, Samuel Seabury, and E.H. Browne.
Anglo-Catholicism
During the Victorian Era, the Oxford Movement began a strain of High Churchmanship that was somewhat in continuity with older High Churchmanship, and in other ways unique in its orientation. Notable Anglo-Catholic theologians include: John Henry Newman, E.B. Pusey, and John Keble.