George Westhaver on Edward Bouverie Pusey’s battle to defend the truth of the Incarnation ‘I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me [...]

Julian Mann offers a reasoned Jewish response to ‘Bethlehem Unwrapped’ It can be right for a local church to engage in controversy in the cause of Christ. But it would appear that Jewish objectors to the decision by St James’s [...]

The message and Image of Walsingham is coming to the south-east, writes Bishop Lindsay Urwin It is said that Fr Hope Patten once returned from a time away only to discover that in his absence a helpful nun had decided [...]

M&S showed me a down escalator, Whereon I embarked, arising to new depths. Certainly, there was a Fall Involving ladies’ underwear (Sparse as it was) How then might I rise? Not by Marx or Spencer Or any sales in town: [...]

Margaret Laird on Rogier van der Weyden’s depiction of the Virgin and Child through the eyes of St Luke The day trippers, the beer drinkers, the chocolate and endless souvenir shops do not dampen my enthusiasm for the beautiful city [...]

PAUL KLEE Making Visible Tate Modern Until 9 March 2014 Admission £15, concessions available THIS IS a large show of s paintings. The exhibition guide – it’s not really a catalogue doesn’t say how many, but there are a lot [...]

Aidan Mayoss CR on the Venetian statue of the Madonna dell’Orto and the motherhood of Mary When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph but before they lived together she was found to be with child’. Joseph is a [...]

Brian Miller on the dangers of emphasizing personal choice over spiritual duty In his essay Thoughts After Lambeth, T.S. Eliot expounds on of his religious views and gives great insight into the nature of his Anglo-Catholicism, but perhaps the essay [...]

Crispin Harrison CR on Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem We are told that the last sound the Word Incarnate made on the cross was a loud cry, not of pain but of triumph at the fulfilment of our salvation. Tears, lamentation, [...]

Ian McCormack on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about the link between clergy competence and church growth Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It had been going so well. The Archbishop had taken on Wonga and – despite the [...]