A thread on English Catholicism, or Anglo-Catholicism according to the English usage of the liturgy
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Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
A thread on English Catholicism, or Anglo-Catholicism according to the English usage of the liturgy. 🧵
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
In the early 20th century there was a debate amongst the Anglo-Catholics in the CofE over liturgy and ornaments. One party aimed to follow the BCP and the authoritative rubrics of the CofE as much as possible, whilst the other party aimed to adapt the BCP to a Roman liturgy.
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
E.G.P. Wyatt sums up this situation in his tract "English or Roman Use?"
https://archive.org/details/englishorromanus00wyatuoft…
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
The English usagers appealed to "authority" for their liturgical practices in opposition to the Roman usagers. They believed that to maintain order in the CofE, parishes should conform themselves to the authoritative declarations of the CofE.
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
These authoritative declarations were found in the BCP rubrics, the canons of 1603 or 1640, and importantly pre-reformation English custom where these sources were silent. Wyatt comments on English customs supplementing the rubrics:
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
Vernon Staley also comments on this in his book, "The Ceremonial of the English Church."
https://archive.org/details/ceremonialofengl0000stal…
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
A major rubric that the English usagers pointed to was the ornaments rubric, which immediately precedes morning prayer in the BCP. This rubric states:
Anglochog @anglochog 2025-01-18
The English usagers therefore aimed to conform themselves to how the CofE worshipped in the 2nd year of Edward VI. This interpretation can even be traced back to bishop John Cosin in the 17th century, who in multiple series of his Notes on the BCP says:
