INTRODUCTION The Oxford Movement has traditionally been dated in accordance with John Henry Newman's autobiography, Apologia Pro Vita Sua. Newman stated that the movement began with a sermon delivered before the Assize judges at the University of Oxford, on 14 July 1833. That famous sermon, entitled "On National Apostasy," written and delivered by John Keble, has proven to be a document of lasting interest and significance. In addition to the sermon, a letter discovered recently in the archives of Keble College, Oxford, also allows scholars of the Oxford Movement a glimpse into the mind of K...
