tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6632165519538581283..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: The Demivirgins of OxfordFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-7601354108094324192020-10-20T11:09:10.645+01:002020-10-20T11:09:10.645+01:00Surely by the application of many Oxford scholars,...Surely by the application of many Oxford scholars, radiocarbon dating could be used to distinguish the sacred relics of St Frideswide from the dry bones of Vermigli's wife?<br /><br />Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-76262289237027961862020-10-20T00:02:19.507+01:002020-10-20T00:02:19.507+01:00"the last Catholic named theology professor a..."the last Catholic named theology professor at Oxford till"<br />Dr. Henry Mayr-Harting held the Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History, with the associated Canonry at Ch:Ch: and was an RC layman. Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66929667044310480612020-10-19T14:53:34.826+01:002020-10-19T14:53:34.826+01:00The "protestant woman" buried with St. F...The "protestant woman" buried with St. Frideswide is the wife of Peter Martyr Vermigli, the mentor of the Elizabeth apologist and bishop of Salisbury, John Jewel (Jewel met him at Oxford). When PMV came to Oxford, to Cardinal College, he took the Regius chair in theology from Richard Smythe (who took it back upon Mary's accession), and who was the last Catholic to hold the chair, Cyrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10591428929267873727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57370597736140534502020-10-19T14:34:26.041+01:002020-10-19T14:34:26.041+01:00"The episode strikingly illustrates the chara..."The episode strikingly illustrates the character of the continuity between the ancient faith and the reformed religion of England." Ha! https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06303b.htmThomas Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056900217286847577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22536087084542786872020-10-19T11:09:37.407+01:002020-10-19T11:09:37.407+01:00The spirit of the naughty old Jacobite doggerel. A...The spirit of the naughty old Jacobite doggerel. A neat dram. More please.Simple Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278399797941120022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-86266318317189273342020-10-18T23:04:33.090+01:002020-10-18T23:04:33.090+01:00The rather twee use of the word “ladies” in the Di...The rather twee use of the word “ladies” in the Diocesan version of the blason is undoubtedly modern. Fr Hunwicke’s use of the term “virgin”, interchangeable and synonymous with “maid”, a very usual heraldic description, is much more convincing. “Nun” would be distinctly odd - more especially for a Protestant diocese established around the time that the religious houses were being destroyed. Josephus Muris Saliensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888638147153175697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6053895431344570962020-10-18T20:18:49.447+01:002020-10-18T20:18:49.447+01:00The blazon seems remarkably unstable, perhaps we s...The blazon seems remarkably unstable, perhaps we see various forms of political correctness, virginity is SO unfashionable. Three versions appear on this page, which claims to have been unchanged since 20 Jan 2019 :-<br />https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php/Diocese_of_Oxford<br /><br />" those in the insignia of the See of OXFORD, being veiled, are blazoned nuns' heads(E sapelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886268559214926797noreply@blogger.com