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Of Furniture and Formation

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As one should do when visiting Oxford, I’ve been spending some time in ancient English churches and college chapels. As British historian Nicholas Orme points out in his Going To Church in Medieval England (Yale, 2021) churchgoing as a religious and social activity here goes back at least to 313 AD when Emperor Constantine recognized Christianity as a lawful religion and allowed Christians to have public places of worship. Much of everyday life …
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Of Furniture and Formation

As one should do when visiting Oxford, I’ve been spending some time in ancient English churches and college chapels. As British historian Nicholas Orme points out in his Going To Church in Medieval England (Yale, 2021) churchgoing as a religious and social activity here goes back at least to 313 AD when Emperor Constantine recognized Christianity as a lawful religion and allowed Christians to have public places of worship. Much of everyday life …

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Front Porch Republic broke the news in on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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