Colin Podmore looks at devotion to Mary in the pre-Tractarian Church of England It was once popularly thought that in the eighteenth-century Church of England was at its most protestant, dominated by a cold, rationalist theology — not an era [...]
J. Alan Smith considers issues of legitimate authority and state power One of the important messages proclaimed by our civilization is that there is a distinction to be made between authority and power. Those who possess the one do not [...]
The Bishop of Ebbsfleet preaches at the Licensing of Fr Jones Mutemwakwenda as Priest in Charge of All Hallows, Easton (Bristol) Fr Jones Chibuye Mutemwakwenda was born and ordained in Zambia. He was formerly Archdeacon, Diocesan Administrator and Vicar General [...]
Nicholas Turner explains one initiative that takes us beyond women bishops For years, at FiF assemblies and in the pages of New Directions, we have expressed the desire to get off the battlefield and onto the mission field. Now, despite [...]
Damian Feeney offers a personal reflection on his journey from Roman Catholicism to Anglican Catholicism Thank you for your welcome, and for this opportunity. And, of course, the title I have been given — Why I am a Catholic Anglican' [...]
From Br Steven CR Thank you for publishing the article about Father Benson for which I am most grateful. I would like to draw readers’ attention to some additional facts which were previously omitted. Father Benson had built the Church [...]
The consecration of Fr Philip North as Bishop of Burnley at York Minister on Candlemas Day was a glorious occasion. A packed cathedral saw the ordination not only of one of the brightest and best priests of the Catholic movement, [...]
STE FOY, CONCHES-EN-OUCHE, EURE On his way back from fighting the Moors in Spain, Roger de Tosny (the lord of Conches) brought relics of Saint Faith from Conques (ND, Sept. 2008) in 1034, so the church of Conches received a [...]
Janet Backman considers the controversy surrounding the recently published collection of essays edited by the Archbishop of York ON ROCK OR SAND? Firm foundations for Britain’s Future Edited by John Sentamu SPCK, 224pp, pbk 978 0281071746, £9.99 On the day [...]
Christopher Smith would like an answer to question one before we move on to question two I see that the comedian Stephen Fry has become the latest atheist to tell us how wicked is the god in whom he does [...]