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Never forget the bloody horrors of the English Reformation

March 03, 2023

Martin Luther was a theologian. If you read the Ninety-Five Theses he reputedly tacked up on the door of Wittenberg’s Schlosskirche in October 1517, it is clear his interest lay in the nature of sin, repentance, absolution, penance and salvation. Whatever else his wider agenda was – or became – his initial arguments were presented

The Surrender upon Sex: a critique of the Church of England

February 08, 2023

As the Church of England considers reassessing gendered language in reference to God, GK Chesterton's timeless commentary hits the mark

Diary: Former Anglican priests finding their true home in the Catholic Church

February 01, 2023

The Personal Ordinariates established under the provisions of Anglicanorum Coetibus represent, as the late Mgr Mark Langham called them, “realised ecumenism”. As the first English Ordinary appointed after its publication in 2010, I naturally wanted to be present at Pope Benedict’s funeral. Usually in Rome I stay at the Venerable English College, which is the