Religion Category
Vicars and Vicarages
The leader (‘incumbent’) of a Church of England parish church is known as a vicar, the equivalent…
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday. On this day Jesus reputedly washed his disciples’ feet…
Orthodox Christianity
Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, Britain’s practice of Christianity was ‘orthodox’, i.e. sticking to the original…
The Lord’s Prayer
Until the 21st century most Britons knew The Lord’s Prayer by heart, as they recited it every…
Tyndale’s New Testament
William Tyndale (c.1491-1536) from Gloucestershire was a martyr to the English language in his self-appointed though ultimately…
Britain’s first Christian churches
South Wales may be the site of Britain’s first Christian church, established by St. Ilid who in…
Good Friday
Good Friday is the Christian commemoration of the death of Jesus by crucifixion. It is also the…
The Church in Wales
The Church in Wales (CiW) acquired its name in deference to The Welsh Church Act of 1914,…
The Scottish Episcopal Church
When the Church of Scotland (CofS) was confirmed as that nation’s Established Church in the early 1700s,…
Brethren
Londoner John Nelson Darby (1800-82) decided he wanted a purer version of Protestantism than was being practised…
Jainism
Jainism is one of those religions that, in their purest forms, do not fit in too well…
Islam
Followers of Islam (Muslims), first arrived in the UK from the Indian sub-continent some 300 years ago.…