To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Anglicanorum Coetibus, Tracey Rowland gathers together leading voices to examine the issue of the Anglican Patrimony and its relevance for Christians today. The Anglicanorum Coetibus is the 2009 papal decree which established the Anglican Ordinariate within the Catholic Church, and this volume examines the longstanding effects of this cultural decree. Rowland introduces different aspects of the culture of Anglicanism, explains the concept of an Ordinariate within the context of ecumenical theory, and examines aspects of Anglican liturgical theology and pastoral life.
Chapter 1: Professor Tracey Rowland – Holder of the John Paul II Research Chair of Theology, University of Notre Dame (Australia) Introduction to the Collection. Chapter 2: Address by the late William Cardinal Levada on the reasons for the Ordinariate. Title: Five Hundred Years After St. John Fisher: Pope Benedict’s Initiatives Regarding the Anglican Communion Chapter 3: Rev Richard Waddell – Vicar-General, Anglican Ordinariate, Sydney. Title: The Anglican patrimony in Anglicanorum Coetibus and the Complementary Norms. Chapter 4: Bishop Steven Lopes - Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (ie. The most senor cleric in charge of the Ordinariate world-wide). Title: The Liturgical Patrimony of the Anglican Ordinariate (delivered as the Hillenbrand Lecture at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Illinois). Chapter 5: Rev Timothy P. Perkins Title: The Evangelizing Mission of the Ordinariate Chapter 6: Rev James Bradley Title: The Virtue of Religion: The Irreducible Essence of the Anglican Patrimony Chapter 7: Associate Professor Clint Brand – Department of English, University of St. Thomas, Houston, USA. Title: Newman, Personal Influence and the New Evangelisation Chapter 8: Dr Robert Andrews (Lecturer in theology at the Pontifical Catholic Institute of Sydney) Title: Beauty in Communion: The Vision of Anglicanorum Coetibus Chapter 9: Dr Petroc Willey (Director, Catechetical Programme, Franciscan University of Steubenville). Title: A Rich Heritage of Sanctity: The Cultural Impact of pre-Reformation English and Welsh Saints Chapter 10: Dr Jacob Phillips Title: Service in Perfect Freedom: The Precious Gift of the Caroline Divines Chapter 11: James Bogle Title: The Place of the Monarchy in Anglican Culture Chapter 12: Rev Alexander Sherbrooke – Parish Priest of St. Patrick’s Church, Soho, London Title: A Personal Reflection on Our Lady of Eton & the place of Marian Devotion in English Culture Bibliography Appendix 1
Professor Rowland holds the St John Paul II (Research) Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia). She is a member of the International Theological Commission and the author of 6 books and over 100 academic publications in the fields of theology and political philosophy.
Reviews for The Anglican Patrimony in Catholic Communion: The Gift of the Ordinariates
The many experts who have contributed to this stimulating book amply demonstrate the richness of Pope Benedict XVI's purpose in promulgating Anglicanorum Coetibus , not merely to provide a home from home for Anglicans crossing the Tiber, but even more fruitfully to bring back home a treasure to be shared by the entire Catholic Church. -- Guy Nicholls, University of Oxford, UK Rowland has gathered up illustrious voices in a kind of hymn to the goodness of Anglican Patrimony in communion with the Holy See. Beautifully written, the book resonates with notes seeking a higher and more lovely faithfulness, grounded within that sacred homeliness of high Anglican worship and ordinary English piety. -- Nigel Zimmermann, University of Notre Dame, Australia If you love the Catholic faith and have a hankering after English sensibilities, do yourself a favour and read this book. It is a highly creative compilation of investigations into what precisely is the English contribution to the faith via the Anglican patrimony. It is wide-ranging in examining the English cultural embodiment of Christianity from the time of Augustine's arrival on the shores of Kent, to the rupture with the Reformation, and the ensuing preservation of a Catholic heritage fully tinged by the English sense of life. You will be informed, educated, entertained (for yes, there is whimsy), and moved by a re-discovery of the elements of Catholic faith that have always subsisted in the Anglican experience, which has finally found fruition in Anglicanorum Coetibus. -- Joseph Atkinson, John Paul II Institute, USA
