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.


Wednesday 22 December 2021

Enforcing Traditionis Custodes - or not


Today brought two reflections on the recent moves to implement Traditionis Custodes to my attention, and both of which I would urge readers to look at and reflect upon.

Rorate Caeli published a forceful, and ultimately seasonal, article at Motus in fine velocior (2) - "With a Divisive, Useless, and Unjust Persecution, the Francis Crisis is Gathering Even More Speed" - by Roberto de Mattei  Di Mattei is a writer noted for his trenchant views on modern trends in the Church, and this is a good example of his critique.

Closer to home here in Oxford Fr Hunwicke on his blog wrote THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 


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