The Baptist Church
The Baptist Church emerged in England in the early 1600s. It spread to Scotland and Wales in the 1860s as well as […]
Category: Religion
Jehovah’s Witnesses
There are 135,000 Jehovah’s Witneses in the UK and most people will have encountered at least two of them, as they are […]
The Church of England
The Church of England (CofE) is the ‘Established’ church of England. This means that its head is the monarch ~ the ‘Defender […]
Lent
The observance of the 40 days of Lent in the Christian religions has waned considerably over the years. Unless you are a […]
The Methodist Church
The Methodist Church in Britain evolved out of the discussions between a small group of Oxford University students in the 1730s. Of […]
Religious freedom
Battles between different religions have played a huge part in UK political history. Thankfully, we have religious freedom today and this is […]
Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival is a traditional celebration of the end of the farmers’ harvests ~ a time to give thanks for the crops […]
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral in Devon is an awe-inspiring example of Gothic architecture in the ‘English decorated’ style. The solid-looking towers on either side […]
The Divine Right of Kings
The Divine Right of Kings was a theory that the monarchy was appointed by a divine being, or God, making the monarch’s […]
The English Civil War
The English Civil War took place in the middle of the 17th century and was a struggle between different religions for dominance, […]