Anglo-Catholicism

Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches.[1][2]

High Mass at Pusey House, Oxford

The term was coined in the early 19th century,[3] although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglicanism already existed.[4][5] Particularly influential in the history of Anglo-Catholicism were the Caroline Divines of the 17th century, the Jacobite Nonjuring schism of the 17th and 18th centuries, and the Oxford Movement, which began at the University of Oxford in 1833 and ushered in a period of Anglican history known as the "Catholic Revival".[6]

  1. ^ Booty, John E.; Sykes, Stephen; Knight, Jonathan (1 January 1998). The Study of Anglicanism. Fortress Press. p. 314. ISBN 9781451411188. Whereas the Wesleys emphasized the Evangelical heritage of Anglicanism, the Tractarians stressed its Catholic heritage.
  2. ^ Buchanan, Colin (4 August 2009). The A to Z of Anglicanism. Scarecrow Press. p. 510. ISBN 9780810870086. In the 20th century, useful and scholarly books on the Articles have included E.J. Bicknell, A Theological Introduction to the Thirty-Nine Articles (1925), and W.H. Griffith Thomas, The Principles of Theology: An Introduction to the Thirty-Nine Articles (1930)--Bicknell from an Anglo-Catholic standpoint, Thomas from an evangelical one.
  3. ^ "Anglo-Catholic, adj. and n.", OED (online ed.), Oxford University Press, December 2011, retrieved 11 February 2012.
  4. ^ Clutterbuck, Ivan (1993), Marginal Catholics, Gracewing, p. 9, ISBN 978-0-85244-234-0.
  5. ^ Cavanaugh, Stephen (2011), Anglicans and the Roman Catholic Church: Reflections on Recent Developments, Ignatius, ISBN 978-1-58617-499-6.
  6. ^ Cobb, John B; Wildman, Wesley J (1998), Fidelity with Plausibility: Modest Christologies in the Twentieth Century, State University of New York Press, p. 94, ISBN 978-0-7914-3595-3.