THE CXFORD MOVEMENT, 
salvation and the emotional type of piety which were oha- 
racteristic of the Evangelical school, and wished to 
make the Church comprehensive, tolerant, mode- hr nd 
rate, and learned. "The earlier men of the Broad movement— 
Church school laid more stress on the study of phi- he 
losophy and logic as the basis of natural religion. 
The greatest name among them is that of Archbishop Whateley 
(1787-1863). "The later leaders devoted more time to the 
historical development of dogma, the textual study of the 
scriptures—sometimes carried out in a rather destructive spirit, 
— and the reconciling of science and religion. "They never 
had much influence with the masses, to whom their message 
was not directed, but largely affected the thought of the 
sducated classes. Only a few of their leaders, indeed, tried to 
popularize Broad Church views; the only man of real prosely- 
lizing spirit among them was the poet and novelist Charles 
Kingsley, The enthusiasm which he displayed for all social 
progress and moral reform was not characteristic of the whole 
school, who were distinctly scholars rather than missionaries, 
A revolt against Evangelical doctrines on very different lines 
Was to win far greater influence than the Broad Church school 
has ever attained. This was the so-called “ Oxford The‘tOxtöfd 
Movement,” which started in the fourth decade Movement,” 
(1833-34) of the century among a knot of young 
university men, of whom several of the most prominent were 
fellows of Oriel College. The inspiring thought of the new 
High Church school—they soon got the name of Tractarians, 
from a series of tracts in which their views were set forth—was 
a belief in the historic continuity of the Church, "They refused 
‘0 accept the common Protestant doctrine that the Established 
Church started with Henry VIII. and the Reformation, and 
wished to assert its entire identity with the church of Augustine 
and Anselm. As a logical consequence, they were ready to 
accept all early and even medieeval doctrine which was not 
specially disavowed by the Anglican formularies, The Church