The Unlikely Story Of How Oxford Invented The Modern Church
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Join Professor William Whyte of Oxford University as we look at the early beginnings of the Oxford Movement, including the Key Players who helped to shaped and define the Church and whose beliefs and values saw the appearance of churches change in England.
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