tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7498085904392199595..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: MerelyFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-68065822359197054932023-06-01T16:19:05.890+01:002023-06-01T16:19:05.890+01:00Well CS Lewis wrote a book called "Mere Chris...Well CS Lewis wrote a book called "Mere Christianity" in which he was not trying to be indifferentist or agnostic, but presenting those parts of Christianity that Catholics and the various flavors of Protestantism could generally agree on. <br /><br />Which is not to say that a particular school might not be trending towards indifferentism or agnosticism given the spreading disease of John Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352405449391514146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53657297245862421282023-05-27T02:36:33.420+01:002023-05-27T02:36:33.420+01:00'Merely' merely reflects the agnostic, ind...'Merely' merely reflects the agnostic, indifferentist world view of the writer, as do the key buzz words 'liberal' and 'progressive'. Here I just roll my eyes, being far more horrified by the monstrously patronising word 'indulgence' to describe the magnificent Chapel.John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-49272958280330889952023-05-26T23:46:02.620+01:002023-05-26T23:46:02.620+01:00They seem (on the basis of the words quoted) to ha...They seem (on the basis of the words quoted) to have been full of the Spirit of the Council. No rigidity or Phariseeism as our dear Holy Father would say, no rattling off Rosaries as he said too in so many words when sneering at a Rosary bouquet. PF is said to have a fever. Pray for his recovery and spiritual growth.Prayerfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561992635589480308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32038203617058587402023-05-26T23:33:00.088+01:002023-05-26T23:33:00.088+01:00I really don't think that s/he meant thing as ...I really don't think that s/he meant thing as a depreciating comment. The CofE at its best was just part of the fabric of everyday life - it was simply there, doing what it was intended to do - "everyday", "simply", "merely"....<br /><br />Part of the problem with the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is that it has always felt itself as a 'Fr Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747558367805466619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67279421634115337492023-05-26T21:03:23.233+01:002023-05-26T21:03:23.233+01:00Well, Anglican, innit?Well, Anglican, innit?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908070025869221948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30755107153906282752023-05-26T11:49:45.049+01:002023-05-26T11:49:45.049+01:00Dear Father,
"Merely" may be a barbed a...Dear Father, <br />"Merely" may be a barbed and wounding word, from one who delights in the aesthetic qualities, but has no engagement in religion. You care, and did your best to nurture the values embodied in the chapel and its life in the school. <br />However, the word "merely" could very well signal a very British (English?) understatement. Chapel was, and is, a natural B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-45718622424628460072023-05-26T10:53:20.947+01:002023-05-26T10:53:20.947+01:00A comment on the Established “ church”… merely , n...A comment on the Established “ church”… merely , not actually. Happy St Philips day! The net is broken, Father…et sumus erepti.El Codohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057779410347215062noreply@blogger.com