Saturday 10 December 2011
Sorting things out.
OK, from now on this blog will be essentially about matters photographic and topics related to just that. All the churchy, ecclesiastical bits will be here. I think that makes much more sense than doing a bit of both and making something quite unsatisfactory.
Sunday 16 October 2011
The Society
Saturday, 1st October, I drove down to Brighton to attend the launch of the Society of St Wilfred and St Hilda, aka SSWSH, aka (a little cruelly) Hinge and Bracket. The idea is that The Society will provide some means by which Catholic Anglicans may be assured that they have other catholic clergy (and most importantly, bishops) to whom they may relate.
Goodness knows if it will work. On the other hand it is all we catholic traditionalists have if we are to remain faithful to our parishes. Yes, our evangelical friends are working up there own networks, but evangelical Christianity has a very different flavour to Anglo-Catholic, so we will have to make the very best of The Society, at least for the time being.
Long-term, who knows. To be frank I see the CofE embracing more and more the feminist and the gay agenda. Evangelicals will probably do their own thing, after all, as I have heard some admit, the CoE is as good as a 'flag of convenience'. This is not evangelicals being disloyal, more being true to their ecclesiology. High Anglicans, on the other hand, have always been intensely loyal and that loyalty has carried over into Anglo-Catholicism, and I think that this might be a part of the reason why the Ordinariate is now quite a quiet thing. Two possibilities seem to offer them selves. The liberal mainstream of Anglicanism might ignore us, which will leave us at peace where we can become increasingly isolated, bitter and eccentric. Or we will suffer what amounts to constructive dismissal. In the mean time we carry on witnessing to the fullness of the catholic faith within the Church of England.
Goodness knows if it will work. On the other hand it is all we catholic traditionalists have if we are to remain faithful to our parishes. Yes, our evangelical friends are working up there own networks, but evangelical Christianity has a very different flavour to Anglo-Catholic, so we will have to make the very best of The Society, at least for the time being.
Long-term, who knows. To be frank I see the CofE embracing more and more the feminist and the gay agenda. Evangelicals will probably do their own thing, after all, as I have heard some admit, the CoE is as good as a 'flag of convenience'. This is not evangelicals being disloyal, more being true to their ecclesiology. High Anglicans, on the other hand, have always been intensely loyal and that loyalty has carried over into Anglo-Catholicism, and I think that this might be a part of the reason why the Ordinariate is now quite a quiet thing. Two possibilities seem to offer them selves. The liberal mainstream of Anglicanism might ignore us, which will leave us at peace where we can become increasingly isolated, bitter and eccentric. Or we will suffer what amounts to constructive dismissal. In the mean time we carry on witnessing to the fullness of the catholic faith within the Church of England.
Friday 11 February 2011
11 February 2011
Long time no blog. Time to make more of an effort I suppose.
First of all something of a gripe. Why is it that a supposedly quality film is advertised with a box speed of iso 400 when it is actually something like iso 180. I have wasted four rolls of film simply because of a ridiculously over optimistic speed rating. This makes me cross.
On the other hand lunch with friends makes me happy indeed. So it was good to meet up with my old chum Fr. Terry today. Much was discussed in particular Anglican/Catholic matters. In particular since the setting up of the Ordinariate just how narrow is the separation between the two communions. I have said this before and I expect that I'll say it again, the prayer for all Christians must be that they be one. The time is at hand for the damage done by the reformation to be undone.
First of all something of a gripe. Why is it that a supposedly quality film is advertised with a box speed of iso 400 when it is actually something like iso 180. I have wasted four rolls of film simply because of a ridiculously over optimistic speed rating. This makes me cross.
On the other hand lunch with friends makes me happy indeed. So it was good to meet up with my old chum Fr. Terry today. Much was discussed in particular Anglican/Catholic matters. In particular since the setting up of the Ordinariate just how narrow is the separation between the two communions. I have said this before and I expect that I'll say it again, the prayer for all Christians must be that they be one. The time is at hand for the damage done by the reformation to be undone.
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