George Errington and Roman Catholic identity in nineteenth-century England / Serenhedd James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Serenhedd, 1982- author.

Series:

Oxford theology and religion monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholics--England--History--19th century.

Catholics.

Errington, George, 1804-1886.

Errington, George.

History.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

George Errington's life spanned all the great events that affected the course of English Roman Catholic history in the nineteenth-century. He was involved in the resurgence of the English Catholic Church, and would have achieved the highest offices himself had not a dispute between him and Cardinal Wiseman led to his fall from favour in the eyes of Propaganda Fide. He has come to be regarded as the leader of an "Old Catholic" party as the struggle continued for dominance in the period of consolidation following the restoration of the hierarchy in 1850. An intimate of Newman, Errington maintained a large correspondence which covers almost every church controversy of his lifetime. His letters shed light on subjects which have long since been dormant and in some cases indicate that the popular interpretations of some affairs are not as clear-cut as has been argued by others. They also expose the various factions in the English Catholic Church at the time, and the slippery nature of the Vatican administration. This work, explores George Errington's motives and actions, and analyses the forces that were at play in the English Catholic Church of the nineteenth century. Where matters of policy were clouded by issues of personality, and where politicking, as much as prayer, was an integral part of its way of life. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Status Quo 20

2 Pepper and Salt 45

3 Return to England 65

4 Episcopate 82

5 Towards Philippi 118

6 The Errington Case 150

7 Primate of Scotland? 191

8 Last Stand 210

9 Final Things 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index.

ISBN:

0198766394

9780198766391

OCLC:

920725034