Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday 28 March 2014

Fr Longenecker on the Ordinariates


I saw on the Zenit website an interesting and forceful piece by Fr Dwight Longenecker about the place of the Anglican Ordinariates in the contect both of the ARCIC discussions and of the future of Ecumenical schemes. He sees the Ordinariates as a rather surprising fruit of the Anglican-Catholic dialogue, and as offering real hope for drawing people into the Catholic Church. His article, which is trenchent and not afraid of being blunt about both communions,  can be read at A-new-ecumenism.

 

3 comments:

John F H H said...

Try this link (yours demands signing in :-( )
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2014/03/a-new-way-forward-for-anglicans.html

John F H H said...

Or better still
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/a-new-ecumenism

Once I Was A Clever Boy said...

I have updated the link - thank you for pointing out the problem.