Category: Religion

The monastic movement came to the British Isles in the 6th century. The remote settings of monasteries, such as the Holy Island […]

Amidst the inclination for reform prevalent in the 1830s, some Oxford scholars of theology reacted strongly to the government taking steps to […]

The exquisite workmanship seen in the structure of Ely Cathedral exhibits the now rare manual skills that were once employed to elevate […]

Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral sit side-by-side on a peninsula off the River Wear that looks tailor-made for these sandstone landmarks. From […]

Two Northumbrian clergymen, Wilfrid (634-709/10) and Benedict (c.628-90), adopted the European idea of having stained glass church windows for their monasteries (home […]

Most people know the joy of communal singing and a church, with its acoustic qualities, provides an ideal setting. Like a classic […]

The first Christian monks would ring handbells to summon converts to prayer and by the 7th century the abbeys had larger bells […]

With so many different religions bumping along together on these islands, the concept of facilitating better understanding and co-operation between them was […]

The leader (‘incumbent’) of a Church of England parish church is known as a vicar, the equivalent of a priest, and his/her […]

Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, Britain’s practice of Christianity was ‘orthodox’, i.e. faithful to the original beliefs and texts, periodically confirmed […]