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Morton, John, English prelate and statesman

(Encyclopedia) Morton, John, 1420?–1500, English prelate and statesman, archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500). He studied law at Oxford and practiced in the London ecclesiastical courts. A supporter…

Warham, William

(Encyclopedia) Warham, WilliamWarham, Williamwôrˈəm [key], 1450?–1532, English churchman, archbishop of Canterbury. He studied at Oxford and became widely known in England for his legal ability, went…

Confessing Church

(Encyclopedia) Confessing Church, Ger. Bekennende Kirche, German Protestant movement. It was founded in 1933 by Martin Niemoeller as the Pastors' Emergency League and was systematically opposed to…

Greek Church

(Encyclopedia) Greek Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church.

Anglican Church

(Encyclopedia) Anglican Church: see England, Church of; Anglican Communion.

High Church

(Encyclopedia) High Church: see England, Church of.

Jacobite Church

(Encyclopedia) Jacobite ChurchJacobite Churchjăkˈəbītˌ [key], officially Syrian Orthodox Church, Christian church of Syria, Iraq, and India, recognizing the Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch as…

Low Church

(Encyclopedia) Low Church: see England, Church of.