Dorothy Leigh Sayers: Work, wit and wisdom
The Oxford or Tractarian Movement (1833-45) and later Ritualists and Anglo-Catholics schooled numerous converts in elements of the Catholic faith. Foremost among them was John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1893), one of the original founders of the Oxford Movement. Converts numbered in the hundreds an...
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| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2019, Volume: 96, Issue: 3, Pages: 306-321 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDE Anglican Church |
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Cardinals
B Theologians B Ritualism B Catholics; Religious life |
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| Summary: | The Oxford or Tractarian Movement (1833-45) and later Ritualists and Anglo-Catholics schooled numerous converts in elements of the Catholic faith. Foremost among them was John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1893), one of the original founders of the Oxford Movement. Converts numbered in the hundreds and included another cardinal, Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892), the second Archbishop of Westminster (from 1865), the religious foundress Cornelia Connelly (1808-1879), the priest novelist Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) and later literary figures such as G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) and Mgr Ronald Knox (1888-1957). American historian, Patrick Allitt, has argued that on both sides of the Atlantic converts dominated Catholic intellectual life between 1840 and 1960. While such 'Tractarian' converts have indeed greatly influenced Catholic life, many 'Tractarians' who never converted have also had a considerable impact on English-speaking Catholicism. C.S. Lewis is an obvious example. But there have been others, including author Charles Williams (1886-1945), poet T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) and theologians John Macquarrie (1919-2007) and Michael Ramsey (1904-1988). The author Dorothy L. Sayers also deserves to be counted among their number. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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