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North End Celebration
It is quite surprising to encounter interesting things in old Anglo-Catholic literature like this chapter on the Eastward position from 1912. In it, we find many of the arguments used in the 1960’s (and before and afterwards) for reordering churches … Continue reading
Use of Sarum in Toronto
I have just discovered this video, though it has been around for a while. The liturgy in question was celebrated in St Thomas Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada. Some of the comments are quite waspish: Good effort, but trying to … Continue reading
Spiritual Loneliness
It can happen to all of us when we are disconnected socially from other church people and far from our bishops, brother priests, etc. Like many others, I have lived through the events concerning the Traditional Anglican Communion. It is … Continue reading
Conservatism and Progressivism
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. G.K.Chesterton
Liturgy and Maturity
I reproduce this text with some reservation as it comes from the Australian Catholica forum, situated in the radical progressive perspective. Yes, they are for the ordination of women and LGBT people, yes, just like ECUSA. I’m not endorsing or … Continue reading
John XXIII, the Old Catholic Pope?
My attention was drawn to this article on an ultra-traditionalist website. Naturally, the ultra-traditionalists, sedevacantists or whatever, intend to express the idea that Vatican II was set up against the reactionary position of Pius IX and the definitions of Vatican … Continue reading
Another Kind of Imperialism!
No, this is not the British Empire or even the Great Invisible Empire of Romantia. I’ll just give you the link and recommend reading this fascinating paper. Imperial Ideology: The Idea of the Universal Christian Empire in Late Antiquity
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Retro-futurism
Over the past few days, I have been studying various forms of utopianism in what could be termed-post modern culture. I have often wondered what post-modernism is because the future of Christianity depends on being able to connect with the … Continue reading
Et in Arcadia Ego
This is the title of the opening section of Evelyn’s Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, a description of the life of an undergraduate at Oxford University in the 1920’s and his friendship with an aristocratic family with no financial worries. I see … Continue reading
The Invisible Empire of Romantia
Further from my posting of yesterday, I used to have such a good laugh over the Romantic, the Reactionary Review, the Imperial Angel and the New Century written by those dotty ladies in England who are certainly less innocent than … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 