Westcott House | |||||||||||||
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Theological college | |||||||||||||
Cambridge Theological Federation | |||||||||||||
Location | Jesus Lane | ||||||||||||
Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||
Named after | Brooke Foss Westcott | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Cambridge Clergy Training School | ||||||||||||
Principal | Helen Dawes | ||||||||||||
Website | www |
Westcott House is an Anglican theological college based on Jesus Lane in the centre of the university city of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.[1] Its main activity is training people for ordained ministry in the Church of England and other Anglican churches. Westcott House is a founding member of the Cambridge Theological Federation. The college is considered by many to be Liberal Catholic in its tradition, but it accepts ordinands from a range of traditions in the Church of England.