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The C of E’s tragic misuse of its sacred spaces

Jamie Franklin
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 05 April 2025
issue 05 April 2025

I am a priest in the high church tradition of the Church of England. The technical term is Anglo-Catholicism, but I come from a very different Christian background. My heritage is non-conformist evangelical – I was baptised in a swimming pool in the summer of my first year of university.

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It’s a long story as to how I’ve ended up wearing a chasuble and celebrating ‘Mass’, but a big part of it has been to do with church architecture.

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