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Oliver Cromwell and Family
Soldier and Politician
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, was buried in Westminster Abbey following his death in 1658. However, he was exhumed after the Restoration.
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John Spottiswood
Priest/Minister
John Spottiswood, Archbishop of St Andrews, died in London of a fever and was buried with great pomp in the chapel of St Benedict.
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Social engagement policy
Westminster Abbey is committed to an active programme of social engagement. Social engagement means the Abbey’s engagement with the wider world in ways which contribute generally to human flourishing and specifically to social justice.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 2
Wednesday, 28th September 2005
Charles Gore died in 1932, leaving a daunting legacy for anyone who would presume to lecture in his name.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2003
Monday, 24th February 2003
The Basis of Anglican Fellowship in Faith in Organisation is the rather stodgy title which Bishop Charles Gore gave to an Open Letter he wrote to his clergy in the Diocese of Oxford in 1914.
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5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 31st May 1990
Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday before Lent 2019
Sunday, 3rd February 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday before Lent 2019: 'There are two eyes of the soul, reason and love.' The Feast of Candlemas, which the Church celebrated yesterday, depicts one of.
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Sermon on The Feast of the Presentation of Christ 2020
Sunday, 2nd February 2020
Vicars live in Vicarages, Rectors live in Rectories and Deans live in Deaneries. This is important; it assures us we've put them in their place.
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Evening Service Address: "Abraham and Isaac"
Sunday, 1st March 2020
Address given at the Evening Service "Abraham and Isaac": Let us not omit our questions in the search for truth. Britten wrote Abraham and Isaac just after the premiere of his opera,.
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Sermon given at Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 2020
Sunday, 5th July 2020
We closed the Abbey doors on 20th March; a little over a hundred days ago. Then, this place of national memorial and celebration, this church that welcomes over a million visitors a year, went quiet.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2020
Sunday, 13th September 2020
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2020: Our choosing to be saved is significant and important. A few weeks ago, in this very pulpit, I waded into.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent 2021
Sunday, 7th February 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent 2021: 'Without knowledge of self, there is no knowledge of God.' Last week, Canon Hawkey asked if we could remembered.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2021
Sunday, 17th October 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster 2021: Building a Beloved Community with Living Stones I bring you greeting from the city that never sleeps,.
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27th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 10th May 2012
The well-rehearsed arguments about the establishment of the Church of England require revisiting at a time when the nature of sovereignty and location of power have substantially shifted.
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Benedictine monastery
The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.
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Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.
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23rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 8th May 2008
Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity, Chaplain and Fellow, New College Oxford and Canon Theologian, Salisbury Cathedral at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2008.
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25th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 6th May 2010
Delivered by The Right Reverend the Lord Harries of Pentregarth FKC, Former Bishop of Oxford, Gresham Professor of Divinity, and Honorary Professor of Theology at King's College London.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2014
Tuesday, 4th March 2014
Speaker: The Right Reverend Professor NT Wright, University of St Andrews; Chair: Canon Professor Vernon White
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2000
Tuesday, 14th November 2000
My title reflects a famous conversation between Charles Gore and William Temple. Temple himself describes it like this: Bishop Gore once said to me that he paid visits to St. John as to a fascinating foreign country, but he came home to St. Paul.