tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8392381669048096544..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Newman and RatzingerFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-77084461820198722692017-10-20T07:01:35.241+01:002017-10-20T07:01:35.241+01:00It is said that Blessed John ,when asked about the...It is said that Blessed John ,when asked about the Cof E after his reception into the One True Church observed: “ Who would speak ill of their mother?”.However,he was always clear that the Barque of Peter was the continuation of the Primitive Church and did not suffer from nostalgic self-delusion. As long as the C of E was established,it acted as a “bulwark” against secularism. That “bulwark” is El Codohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057779410347215062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84786873087150634512017-10-19T23:46:54.857+01:002017-10-19T23:46:54.857+01:00Now I'm even more nostalgic about Papa Ratzing...Now I'm even more nostalgic about Papa Ratzinger...Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-59948473481449852142017-10-19T12:26:51.977+01:002017-10-19T12:26:51.977+01:00It seems not unlike those Jews who, upon entering ...It seems not unlike those Jews who, upon entering the Catholic Church, perceive themselves to be not converts but completed Jews.Michael Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044897013849386271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6875320522912589082009-09-12T00:14:44.459+01:002009-09-12T00:14:44.459+01:00Reverende pater,
Thanks very much for this post, ...Reverende pater, <br />Thanks very much for this post, which addresses my own self-perception as a former Anglican clergyman and a convert to the Roman church now 16 years ago. It was then Cardinal Ratzinger who was most responsible for my own conversion, and his "Anglicanness" had something to do with that. I have indeed become more aware of how those things I learned growing up as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9872841647828791892009-09-10T14:46:05.182+01:002009-09-10T14:46:05.182+01:00Sheridan Gilley, another biographer of Newman, has...Sheridan Gilley, another biographer of Newman, has some words which might seem apposite "The decline of Anglo-Catholicism seems to me a serious impoverishment of Christianity. No one who has known the High Church tradition from the inside can appreciate its seductive fascination.It took all that is best and most beautiful in the Church of England - the King James Bible, the Book of Common Independenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199774656279385253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20973323605710071742009-09-10T14:45:59.426+01:002009-09-10T14:45:59.426+01:00It seems all the isms must pass away if we are to ...It seems all the isms must pass away if we are to someday avoid the hurtful things that keep us Catholics apart. Would you say that the protestant spirit in Anglican, Roman and Eastern must be purged before the other prodigals, schismatics, heathens and Jews will come to the haven of the Church? Has our diversity diminished or even eliminated our ability to solicit His grace to call these to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-14793932750759472182009-09-10T14:41:56.542+01:002009-09-10T14:41:56.542+01:00Some Anglicans have been content to live 'In t...Some Anglicans have been content to live 'In the Ruins':<br /><br />http://www.firstthings.com/print/article/2007/01/in-the-ruins-of-the-church-sustaining-faith-in-an-age-of-diminished-christianity-29<br /><br />my chosen tense being quite semantically operative:<br /><br />http://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/out-of-the-ruins-3FrDarrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220816236848071291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-17778350056989204602009-09-10T12:54:45.411+01:002009-09-10T12:54:45.411+01:00Ah, all becomes clear. (I really should have waite...Ah, all becomes clear. (I really should have waited for the promised "footnote".) Trouble is, all too many of Our People can be heard vociferously arguing in the tones that your first post seemed to be adopting – that the entire Anglican tradition is a load of tosh, contains nothing of any real value and can well be discarded without a backward glance. (Curiously enough, they show no Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010105719301587195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-65308970493434265412009-09-10T11:45:27.261+01:002009-09-10T11:45:27.261+01:00Fr. H, there certainly seems to be something disti...Fr. H, there certainly seems to be something distinctive about the <i>anima supernaturaliter anglicana</i>.Michael McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384055883425252489noreply@blogger.com