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Post Brockton Continuing Anglicanism
Post-Brockton takes a bit of wading to get through it, but it is interesting in this barren post-ordinariate, post-everything, time. Outside State control like under the English Monarchy and Parliament, I don’t see how comprehensiveness can work. Comments would be … Continue reading
A Few Links to the “Intégrisme” Theme
All these links are in French. If you can read this language, then you will see that the polemics go back a very long way. Intégrisme (Wikipedia article). Les Amis du Christ-Roi en France – containing several documents on historical … Continue reading
An Excellent Explanation of French “Intégrisme”
This comment on Fr Smuts’ blog about Bishop Fellay, superior of the Society of St Pius X, calling the Jews the “enemies of the Church” is worth reading. Friends used to joke with me in private, calling them the “Waffen … Continue reading
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Tagged Mystery of Evil, Religious fanaticism, Religious pathology, Roman Catholicism
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Will Beauty Save the World?
As we have been talking about beauty and aesthetics recently, here is an old Anglo-Catholic posting of mine. I reproduce it in full since I am the author. The article dates from March 20th 2010. There are some sympathetic comments … Continue reading
Wisdom from John Locke
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
Is free Catholicism cognitively dissonant and/or deeply dishonest?
I can sometimes understand why atheists like Richard Dawkins would have things in such a way as Christians would be no more acceptable in society than Holocaust deniers and flat-earth fanatics. Perhaps he would like to be a new Robespierre … Continue reading
Hanging Pyx
I have just received an e-mail asking me about the hanging pyx. The hanging pyx is an ancient method of reserving the Blessed Sacrament in a church until it was replaced in most places by a tabernacle on the altar … Continue reading
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Tagged Church trappings, Liturgy, Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament
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English Use
A nice posting has come up on Anglican Patrimony – The English Use by Fr Matthew Venuti of the US Ordinariate. My own experience as a cleric was much different from theirs, having been ordained to the diaconate at one … Continue reading
Sarum Feast of the Epiphany
The Epiphany. At Mass. Office. Behold the Lord, the ruler, cometh ; and dominion power and empire are in his hand. Ps. Give the king thy judgements, O God : and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. Behold etc. Glory … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 