Tea at Trianon: Catholicism and Anglicanism

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Catholicism and Anglicanism

What are the main differences? Scott Richert explores the topic. Share

2 comments:

Stephanie A. Mann said...: I think the key to understanding the differences between the Church of England and the Catholic Church is to read the 39 Articles. Then you have to reckon with the basic division in the Anglican Communion of how those articles are interpreted: High Church (Anglo-Catholic); Low Church (Evangelical); and Broad Church (Liberal/Latitudinarian). There is no authority in the Anglican Communion to interpret the Articles to develop uniformity and unity, so one party, like the Anglo-Catholics, can emphasize the Real Presence in the Eucharist, while another, like the Evangelicals take a more fundamentalist approach to Scripture, while the Liberals ignore statements of doctrine and emphasize social justice issues. As Venerable John Newman said in the 19th century, it comes down to an issue of authority: who wants my obedience? who will truly guide me?
Here is a link to the Articles:
http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txc/thirtyni.htm; November 5, 2009 at 9:01:00 AM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Excellent! Thank you, Stephanie!; November 5, 2009 at 9:23:00 AM EST