Firmly I Believe: An Oxford Movement Reader
Overview
What we know today as Anglo-Catholicism began with a small act of political protest in an Oxford pulpit. In 1833, John Keble preached a sermon that gave voice to widespread and growing fears of increasing state control of the Church and erosion of its status. Keble’s sermon sparked an immediate and active response and the Oxford Movement sprang into life. Publications flowed from its luminaries, including John Henry Newman and Edward Bouverie Pusey—ninety influential tracts and other works focused on the themes that today characterize Anglo-Catholicism: a high doctrine of the Church as a divine society, the importance of the sacraments, insistence that Anglican clergy were priests in the Apostolic Succession with sacerdotal power, and the quest for personal holiness. Firmly I Believe offers a wide selection of the writings of the Tractarians and other supporters of the Oxford Movement. This unique volume is both an ideal starting point for students and scholars and a rich treasury of Anglo-Catholic devotion and theology.
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Key Features
- Presents a rich treasury of Anglo-Catholic devotion and theology
- Offers a wide selection of the writings of the Tractarians and other supporters of the Oxford Movement
- Discusses the history of the Anglo-Catholic church
Contents
- The Oxford Movement: 1833–45
- The Church of England: Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
- Continuity in the Apostolic Succession
- Sacramental Doctrine
- Appeal to Authority
- Pursuit of Holiness
- Church and Society
- Doctrine of Reserve
- Aftermath
- Assessment and Legacy
Top Highlights
“Keble spoke for many in the Church of England who were troubled by increasing Government control over Church affairs” (Page 1)
“urgent need to stop the erosion of its ecclesiastical status and restore its recognition as a divine society” (Page 2)
“Froude, was a man of ebullient temper and personal charm, and impatient of the moderation of the others. While they honoured the Elizabethan and Caroline divines, Froude looked back before the Reformation to the undivided Catholic Church of the West. The current cult of medievalism showed him an age of faith and Christian living when the Church was greater than the State.” (Page 2)
“Catholic truth, and there was plainly no room at all for asking, ‘Why should my own Church be more true than another’s?’” (Page 24)
“support claims to catholicity that did not depend on acknowledging the Bishop of Rome as Universal Pontiff” (Page 9)
- Title: Firmly I Believe: An Oxford Movement Reader
- Author: Raymond Chapman
- Series: Canterbury Studies in Spiritual Theology
- Publisher: Canterbury Press
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Church of England › History--19th century; Oxford movement; Anglo-Catholicism › History--19th century
- ISBNs: 1853117226, 9781853117220
- Resource ID: LLS:FRMLYBLVMVMNRDR
- Resource Type: Monograph
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