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THE JOHN KEBLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
John Keble was born in 1792, the son of a clergyman. He was educated at home and at the age of fourteen went up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he gained a double first in classics and mathematics. In 1812 he became a fellow of Oriel College and there one of his pupils was William Heathcote who succeeded to the estate in Hursley in the 1820s. For a short while, Keble, at Heathcotes invitation, was a curate in Hursley, but he had to return home after his father was taken ill. He returned to Hursley as vicar in 1836. Keble is famous both as a poet (and hymn writer) and as a founder of the Oxford Movement. His book of poetry The Christian Year was published in 1827. The idea was to have a poem to study for each day of the churchs year and it was a great success. Proceeds from the book enabled Keble to rebuild the Church in Hursley in 1847-8, eliminating what he considered to be overtones of Cromwell and Puritanism and providing a more worthy building for divine worship with the emphasis on the altar and the sacraments. The Oxford Movement sprang from Kebles sermon on National Apostasy, preached in St Marys, Oxford in 1833. His main point was that a Parliament which included non-churchmen had no right to lay hands on either the assets or the organisation of the church, and the Oxford Movement began as a protest against the subjugation of the church to the state. As it developed it was concerned with the re-awakening of religious fervour and a desire to return to the service of Holy Communion as the centre of church worship. It sought to bring back form ritual with vestments and candles and Keble tried to adopt the practice of confession in Hursley. | |
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