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Not a Papal Conspiracy but a Spiritual Principle: Three Early Anglican Apologists for the Practice of Retreat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

John Tyers
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Abstract

The first silent preached retreat in the Anglican Communion was held in 1858. The exercise quickly aroused suspicions because it appeared to be dangerously close to Roman Catholic practice. Based upon original printed sources, this paper reviews arguments put forward during the next ten years by three advocates of the led retreat, to counter such fears. Far from being part of a Roman plot, they claimed that the retreats were an expression of a fundamental spiritual principle, which was not limited to any particular denomination and party.

Keywords

Oxford MovementProtestantismRetreatsRitualismRoman CatholicismSociety of the Holy Cross
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Research Article
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Journal of Anglican Studies , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , November 2010 , pp. 165 - 183
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Copyright © The Journal of Anglican Studies Trust 2009

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Footnotes

1.

Canon John Tyers is a Postgraduate research student at the University of Chester, England, studying the development of the practice of retreat in the Church of England.

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