And did those feet

Book Details

Format: Hardback (662 pages)

Publisher: Sacristy Press

Date of Publication: April 2021

ISBN: 978-1-78959-152-1

AND DID THOSE FEET

The Story and Character of the English Church AD 200 – 2020

Additional resources for this book can be found by clicking on the links below

Bibliography

Full Index

Gallery

Glossary of Terms

Who’s Who

Synopsis

​And Did Those Feet tells the story of the English Church from its earliest times to 2020. Having taken root in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, it emerged in the medieval world amidst poverty, pandemics and power struggles, and not free from abuses. We see here its struggles during the Reformation, leading to an English Bible and Prayer Book, and the virtual banishment of Roman Catholicism for three hundred years. We see the spawning of new forms of Protestantism, inimical to the Crown, with the emergence of Quakers, Independents and the Methodists among many others.

Patrick Whitworth charts both the contribution and shortcomings of the English Church. An extraordinary story well told, surely this will remain the standard work on the Church in England for many years to come.

You can buy this book from Sacristy Press by clicking on this link

You can buy the Kindle edition of this book by clicking on this link

 

Reviews

This admirably comprehensive history details the complex relationship between England and the Church throughout the ages in a way that is lucid and engaging. Sweeping in historical perspective, generous in detail, and broad in examination of the range of Christian experience in this country, And Did Those Feet is a not merely a helpful introduction to the history of the Church in this country, but an exploration of why it has taken the form it has.

Mark Langham, former Roman Catholic Chaplain, Fisher House, Cambridge

 

This is an impressive understanding of the church’s role and witness in the landscape and history of England for almost two millennia.

Russ Parker, Author of Healing Wounded History

 

And Did Those Feet covers a huge amount of ground in a brisk narrative from Roman times to the present day. At a time of widespread ignorance about the Christian story of our country, this book offers a useful primer both for students and the merely curious.

Richard Chartres, former Bishop of London

 

It was Winston Churchill who apologized for the length of his report, explaining that he had not had time to shorten it. The idea that the history and faith of this great nation (for surely, they are one and the same thing) can be encapsulated in one volume seems as unlikely as the unicorn. And yet Patrick has done it – circumspice!

Jonathan Ruffer, Philanthropist and Investment Fund Chairman