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Quaker Tour of England, Page 18 of 22 York
York Minster photo by Bill Samuel, 25 June 1998
The York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, and has the oldest stained glass windows in England. The Minster was first built in the 12th century, but its foundations go back to 627, when Northumbrian kings were baptized there. This vast cathedral is visible from all over the city.
The official name of the York Minster is the Metropolitan Church of St. Peter. It is both a cathedral (a church with a bishop's or archbishop's throne) and a minster (a centre of Christian teaching or ministering). It is the mother church of the Northern Province of the Church of England, with the Archbishop of York as its Primate.
York city wall photo by Bill Samuel, 25 June 1998
Much of the city wall is still intact. You can walk on top of it for long stretches.
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Wilmer Cooper, founding Dean of Earlham School of Religion,
provides an historical look at the beliefs of Friends (Quakers).
Includes study questions.
Richard J.
Foster. Describes 21 types of Christian prayer. Harper San
Francisco, 1992. 288 pages.
The
auto- biography of the founder of the Religious Society of
Friends (Quakers).
20th
Anniversary Edition of Richard J. Foster's million- selling work on
Christian spiritual disciplines.
A
selection of excerpts from 15 contemporary Quaker authors who
reached the mainstream market. See review.
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