Krótka historia ruchu oksfordzkiego (1833-1845). O kontrowersjach traktariańskich oraz ich kontekście politycznym i religijnym

In order to understand the significance of the Tractarian Movement in Oxford, one has to examine the political and religious context of Europe after the French Revolution. Particularly, the author of the article outlines the situation in Great Britain in the first half of the 19th century and the meaning of its parliamentary reforms. Then, one can understand the Tractarian Movement as a conservative reaction against liberal changes within the Church and State. The leaders of the Movement (R.H. Froude, J. Keble, J.H. Newman, E.B. Pusey) tried to oppose the admission of dissenters into the English parliament, the State’s Erastian polity and decrease of the Church of England’s authority. Their publications lead to unexpected conclusions about the position of the Church of England and its authority. Some of these conclusions undermined the constitution of the English established Church, as they looked in favour of the doctrines of the Church of Rome: one of these doctrines was institutional separation of Church and State.