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OF
THE OXFORD MOVEMENT
BY
WALTER WALSH
PREFACE........................................................................................................................2
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION...........................................................................9
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.....................................................................10
CONTENTS...................................................................................................................11
CHAPTER I : THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD MOVEMENT..............21
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET HISTORY OF
THE OXFORD MOVE MENT i
Birth of the Movement Its Secret
Teaching Promoters dislike their names
being known to the Public Tract On
Ibid., p. 45.
4 Ibid., p. 50.
Ibid., p. 450.
10
Ibid., p. 472.
12
14
15
17
Ibid., p. 490.
Froudes Remains, Vol. I., p. 322.
20
Ibid., p. 436.
Autobiography of Isaac Williams, p. 91.
23
27
30
33
Ibid., p. 297.
Ibid., p. 78.
Ibid., p. 83.
38
39
41
Ibid., p. 136.
Life of Dr. Pusey, Vol. II., p. 137.
43
49
maintain and extend the Catholic Faith
and Discipline, and to form a special Bond
of Union between Catholic Priests:
(i) By promoting Holiness of life among
the Clergy; (2) By carrying on and aiding
Mission work at Home and Abroad;
(3) By issuing and circulating Tracts and
other Publications;
(4) By the exercise of Temporal and
Spiritual Charity among the Brethren; (5)
By holding Synods and Chapters for
Prayer and Conference; (6) By common
action in matters affecting the interests of
the Church; (7) By correspondence
between the Brethren; (8) By the
affiliation of Guilds of Laymen.
A prominent official of the S. S.C., with
whom I had an interview about two years
since, informed me that no action
whatever has been as yet taken with
reference to the last of these objects.
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66 SECRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT.
two Sacramental Lights; the uss of the
Altar Bell; the Lavabo; and, of course, the
Eucharistic Vestments, for Celebrant,
Ministers, Servers, and Acolytes. 41
In short, the founders of the Oratory, Mr.
Shipley said, would not feel satisfied
until they had restored to the Church of
England a rendering of the sacred Mass
which was fully Mediaeval in the richness,
costliness, taste, and perfection of its
details. The Synod decided, after hearing
Brother Shipleys paper, that the
establishment of such an Oratory was
deserving of further consideration. The
idea of having such an Oratory in London
appears to have been abandoned for a
time, but not forgotten. Two years later it
was determined to erect such an Oratory,
not, however, in the Metropolis, but in the
with the Secreta, Communions, and PostCom munions, for Festivals, Sundays, and
Ferial Days.
That provision may be made for the
decent and reverent Reserva tion of the
Blessed Eucharist, and that an Office be
prepared for the Communion of the Sick
therewith.
That the use of Unction may be restored
in Holy Baptism and Confirmation, as well
as in the Visitation of the Sick, together
with the proper Services for the
Consecration by the Bishops of the Oils
for the said purposes.
The clause which gave its name to this
petition of dissatisfied Ritualists was as
follows:
That in view of the wide-spread and
increasing use of Sacra mental
Confession, your Venerable House may
consider the advisa bility of providing for
the education, selection, and Licensing of
10 Ibid., p. 172.
11 Church Association Monthly
Intelligencer, August, 1877, pp. 314-316.
PROTEST FROM THE PEERS. Q9
later, the late Rev. A. H. Mackonochie, of
St. Alban s, Holborn (who was for many
years Master of the Society of the Holy
Cross) published a correspondence which
he had with another clergyman, in which
he declared concerning the Priest in
Absolution, that Its principle are those
which govern, I believe, all Confessors
among ourselves. 13 The daily papers of
the United Kingdom, almost without
exception, gave expression to the feelings
of the country, in leading articles
condemning the Society of the Holy
Cross, and its Confessional book, in the
severest terms. About two months after
the exposure Lord Abergavenny
forwarded to the Archbishop of
Canterbury an address on the subject
P. T.
DEAR BROTHER, I think it will be
satisfactory to you to know that I have not
remained inactive during the present
attack upon our Society in connection
with the Priest in Absolution. The Bishops
have referred the book to a Committee,
consisting of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and the Bishops of London,
Winchester, Gloucester and Bristol, and
Ely. This Committee has asked us to meet
them on Thursday, the 28th. I have reason
to think that the Bishops are disposed to
be friendly. The whole question was
discussed at a Meeting of the Council,
including the Assessors, on Saturday. You
shall have immediate information when
anything further is done.
18 S. S. C. June Chapter, 1877, p. 6.
LETTER FROM THE MASTER OF S. S. C.
101
10
146 SECRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT.
of the Holy Cross. Mr. Binney did not, in
his reply to the placard, deny the charge,
nor did he in any way censure the Priest
in Absolution; but he declared that he had
too much confidence in the good sense
of his people to suppose that the placard
would in any way affect their mutual
relations as Pastor and Flock.
The chief intent of the placard, he
continued, seems to be to reflect on a
certain book called the Priest in
Absolution, and it chooses to assume that
this work is the text-book of the Clergy
whose names are mentioned, in some of
their most important ministerial relations
with their parishioners. Now it may be
well for me to say most distinctly that,
though I glory in being a member of the
Society of the Holy Cross, because I know
43 2. S. C. Coy of Correspondence, p. 2.
CHAPTER V.
THE ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION.
Origin of Order of Corporate Reunion
shrouded in mystery Its first Pastoral It
professes loyalty to the Pope Prays for
the Pope in its secret Synod Its Bishops
secretly consecrated by foreign Bishops
Who were they? Bishop Lee and
Bishop Mossman Bishop Mossman
professes belief in the Popes Infallibility
Birth of the Order rejoices the Romanists
Its proceedings discussed by the Society
of the Holy Cross Some secret documents
Eight hundred Church of England clergy
secretly ordained by a Bishop of the
Order.
THE Order of Corporate Reunion is even
more secret and mysterious than the
Society of the Holy Cross, and what is
more serious, it is more unblushingly
Popish, going to the length of
10 *
148 SECRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT.
every day of their lives by persons who do
not understand what they want.!
Dr. Littledale contented himself with
supplying the rank and file of the
Ritualists, in the Church of England, with
the Romish doctrines and ritual for which
they craved. It is true that he wrote a
well-known book, entitled Plain Reasons
Against Joining the Church of Rome, but
in that work he did not bring forward
what he evidently considered the
strongest argument to prevent people
going over to Rome.
He supplied that argument in the lecture
just cited, and acted upon it in his Priests
Prayer Book, of which he was joint editor
with the Rev. J. E. Vaux. In that book will
be found a large collection of the most
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194 SECRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT.
was not the officiating minister on that
occasion, still the demeanour of the
assembled Sisters showed that they were
witnessing a service to which they were
quite accustomed. On the altar, at which
this Mass was said, is a Tabernacle, and
in this Tabernacle is kept a vessel called a
Ciborium, which contains consecrated
altar breads that is to say, the Anglican
Sacrament is Reserved in one kind by Dr.
Littledale for the purposes of Communion,
and for another purpose also, which I will
explain presently. People outside the
circle no doubt will think this an
extraordinary performance for a Church
of England clergyman to go through who
has penned his name to the Thirtynine
Articles. What, then, is to be thought of
one who has been engaged by the S. P. C.
K. to write against all these things? But
< D The Priests Prayer Booh, pp. 302306. Seventh edition. Eighteenth
thousand. London, 1890.
13*
196 SECRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT.
if it be a new one, in the same words as in
the case of a Postulant, and, in addition,
he shall bless the Veil and Ring to be
worn by the Sister on the occasion, and
also a garland of flowers. 50 The
Priests Prayer Book also contains a form
of religious service for the Installation of
a Mother Superior. The Mother Superior,
like a Lord Bishop, must needs have a
Pastoral Staff of her own, and it is
ordered at a certain point in the service
Then shall the Bishop proceed to bless
the Pastoral Staff; and, accordingly he
has the daring to pray to God thus:
Almighty and Merciful God, Who of
Thine unspeakable goodness hearkenest
J4
210 SfiCRET HISTORY OF THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT.
place in 1877. n tnat Y ear the Editor of
the Rock published a pamphlet entitled
the Ritualistic Conspiracy, containing a
list of clergymen who had supported the
Ritualistic cause by joining Ritualistic
societies, or signing Petitions in support
of Ritualism. One of the clergymen whose
name appeared in this pamphlet was the
Rev. H. P. Denison, a nephew of the wellknown Archdeacon Denison. This
gentleman sent fourpence to the Editor of
the Rock for a copy. On this, the Editor
wrote to Mr. Denison, asking him, as a
member of the C. B. S., to send him a
copy of the last Roll of PriestsAssociate.
To this Mr. Denison sent the following
reply:
SIR, I am sorry to have forgotten to
answer your letter sooner.
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they richly deserved. But, unfortunately,
he heaped up praise on the traitors, and
hoped they would not go over to Rome,
but remain in the Church of England, and
enlighten it by their holy example.
Although, wrote Mr. Gladstone, we
carefully distinguish this section from
the legitimate Catholic development, of
which we believe it to be an exaggeration,
we rejoice that these excellent persons
abide in the Church, to enlighten it l-y the
holy example of their lives. We rejoice
that they feel the awful responsibility of
that condemnation, which they would
undertake to pronounce against her, by
the act of quitting her communion.
And what was the holy example which
these men were showing to the Church? A
few weeks after Mr. Gladstone thus held
them up for admiration, they were
described by Mr. Newman, who knew
them better than any man living, as men
who feel they can with a safe conscience
Light!
And God forgive the fallen ones by their
own weak hearts
betrayed,
And convert the misbeliever, and reclaim
the renegade And God unite the good and
true, the faithful and the wise, Till the
Dayspring come on the night of Rome,
and the Sun of
Truth arise ! 10
100 Moul tries Altars, Hearths, and
Graves, p. 65. Edition, 1854.
APPENDIX.
WHAT THE RITUALISTS TEACH.
APPENDIX.
The English Reformation, as carried out,
was, from every sound Churchmans
standing-point, an unjustifiable and
wicked act heartily reprobated and
condemned by many. Reunion Magazine,
No. i, p. 6.
SOME RITUALISTIC ORNAMENTS OF
THE CHURCH.*
An Altar with Super Altar.
An Altar Cross or Crucifix.
A Super-Frontal.
Corporal.
Burse.
Chalice Veil.
Rood Screen.
A Scallop Shell.
A Baptismal Shell.
A Water Bucket.
A Baptismal Cruet.
Paintings and Images of Our Lord,
Our Lady, and Saints.
A Portable Altar.
Altar Bread Cutters.
Altar Bread Irons.
Altar Canister.
Two Standard Candlesticks.
Flower Vases.
Processional Candlesticks.
Torches.
Lanthorns.
Cantoral Staves.
Amice (for an Archbishop or
Bishop).
Alb.
Maniple.
Stole.
Dalmatic.
Girdle.
Tunicle.
Zucchetto.
Biretta.
Chasuble.
Cope.
Grey Amyss.
Buskins.
Sandals.
Subcingulum.
Pectoral Cross. *
Tunic.
Mitre.
Crozier.
Gremial.
The Cappa Magna.
The Pall.
Q. Why so?
A. As being propitiatory. The Sacrifice of
the Cross was
WHAT THE RITUALISTS TEACH. 389
propitiatory for all, for the Living and the
Faithful departed. The Sacrifice of the
Eucharist, which is one with the Sacrifice
of the Cross, is alike propitiatory for all.
A Catechism on the Church, by Rev. C. S.
Grueber, Vicar of St. James s, Hambridge,
p. 158. Edition 1874.
If you speak about the Mass, do not beat
about for some one or other of the names
which mean the same thing, but under
cover of which men are accustomed to
allow that is in their idea not the same
thing. Men hate the little word, because
they think it means the same thing that
they see done abroad in other portions of
the same One Holy Catholic Church: and
26 *
404 APPENDIX.
Hands and Feet and Side the * Blood
which cleanseth from all Sin/ Ibid., pp. u,
12.
The words on the lips of a Christian
priest in such days are of this nature: You
are ill of a disease that almost must, to a
certainty, kill you eventually. There is no
known remedy but this which we hold in
our power. This cannot fail, if properly
applied. I do not say that your case is
hopeless; I do not say that you cannot be
otherwise healed; but, honestly, I know no
other way of curing you! Will you try it?
As has been well and truly said by one not
long ago gone to his rest: The man who
confesses to God may be forgiven; he who
confesses to a priest must be forgiven.
Six Plain Ser?nons, by Richard Wilkins,
Priest, pp. 28, 29. London: E. Longhurst.
INVOCATION OF SAINTS.
Holy Michael, Archangel, defend us in
conflict: that we perish not in the dreadful
day of Judgment. The Grail, by Rev. G. A.
Jones, Vicar of St. Mary s, Cardiff, p. 21.
Star of Ocean fairest Mother, God who
barest, Virgin thou immortal, Heavens
blissful portal.
Loose the bonds of terror, Lighten
blinded error, All our ills repressing, Pray
for every blessing.
Virgin, all excelling, Gentle past our
telling, Pardoned sinners render, Gentle,
chaste, and tender.
Day Office of the Church, p. xxiii.
Mother of the King Eternal, Virgin,
loved by choirs supernal, Save us from
our foes infernal, With thy gentle prayers
above.
Ibid., p. 93.
When the soul is about to depart from
the body, then more than.
ever ought they who are by to pray
earnestly upon their knees around the
sick mans led; and if the dying man be
unable to speak, the name of Jesus should
be constantly invoked, and such words as
the following again and again repeated in
h w ear:
Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my
spirit. O Lord Jesus Christ receive my
spirit.
Holy Mary, pray for me.
Holy Mary, mother of grace, mother of
mercy, do thou defend me from the
enemy, and receive me at the hour of
death. The Golden Gate, Part III., p. 127,
by Rev. S. Baring-Gould, Rector of Lew
Trenchard.
p. 12.
Some of our Protestant friends tell us
that Monkery, as they call it, is, not of
Christian origin, but of Pagan origin. My
Protestant brethren, I quite agree with
you that it is. You are perfectly correct,
Monasticism is of Pagan origin. The best
illustration of the Monastic school among
the Philosophic Pagans was Plato. An
Answer to the Question, Why are you a
Monk? by Father Ignatius, p. n.
Brethren, the five hundred million
Buddhists, the largest and most
influential religion in the world, possess
Monasteries to a vast extent.
In Banghok, the capital of Siam, in that
capital alone, there are over ten thousand
monks. Ibid. p. 15.
WHAT THE RITUALISTS TEACH. 409
PROTESTANTISM.
INDEX.
Abbot (Bishop Robert) on timid speak ing
against the Papists, 329, 339
Aberdeen (Dean of) [Very Rev.
William Webster] objects to changes in
Statutes of S.S.C., 141
Address to Catholics by the Society of the
Holy Cross, 63
Alcuin Club, 253, 254
its work, 253
its Episcopal members, 253 Alison (Rev.
L.), 138
Allen (Archdeacon; on Immoral Ritua
listic Confessors, 117, 119
All Saints, Margaret Street, Sister hood,
Vows in, 174
Union, 338
Committee of Clergy, The, 49
Confession, Lord Salisbury on
habitual, 70
Secret discussion on, 74, 75
Dr. Pusey on the Seal of, 82 Confessions,
The secret stealthy way
Tractarians heard, 89
How Archdeacon Manning heard,
90, 91, 92
How Dr. Pusey heard Ritualistic
Sisters, 187 Confessional, Jurisdiction in
the, 76
The Secrecy of the Ritualistic, 80-92
Indelicate Questions to a Married
Woman in the, 81
Wives, Husbands, and the, 81,
82, 91
Ritualistic Sisters and the, 83
Confessional, The age Children should be
brought to the, 83
The priest is in the Confessional
a Fox, 92
The Bishops on the, in-ii6
Ritualistic Priests ruin Women
through the, 117
often the road down to hell, 121
and the property of Ritualistic
218
advocates the Real Presence and
Eucharistic Sacrifice, 219
advocates the Mass, 222, 223
teaches Transubstantiation, 223-225
its Episcopal Members, 225
Bishop Wilberforce on its Popish
character, 225
Convent of S. Mary and S. Scholastica,
West Mailing, 184
414
INDEX.
35i
Incense, Driving the Devil out of, 246
Inquisition (The) Letter to, from the
A. P. U.C., 317
Reply of the, 317-319
Memorial to, from English clergy,
319-322
Instructions for Retreats, 58
Intercession Paper of the Confraternity of
the Blessed Sacrament, 204, 205, 206,
213, 214, 215, 217, 218
ordered to be destroyed when
used, 205
exposed in the Rock
exposed in the Western Daily
Mercury, 206
how the first copy was found by a
Protestant, 207
its secret character admitted, 208
Intercession Paper of the Guild of All
Souls, 228
Intercession Paper of the B. H. C., 233,
235. 236
recommends Liguoris Glories of
Mary, 233
Invocation of Saints, Dr. Pusey believes in,
297
what the Ritualists teach about,
404-406
Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 359 Jenner
(Bishop), on the Ritual of the
347
Lord Halifax and Dean Hook on
the, 347
Jurisdiction in the Confessional, 76 Kanes
Notes on the Roman Ritual, 211 Keble
(Rev. John) on Yearning after
Rome, 286
would allow, but not enjoin the
Discipline, 37
on Protestantism, 266
on the Reformers, 270
Kempe (Rev. John William) praises
the term Mass, 142 Kensit (Mr. John)
exhibits Ritualistic
Rome, 147
Defence of Church Principles, 148
Chaplain of a Ritualistic Sister
hood, 193
officiates at Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament, 194 Littlemore
Monastery, 16-28 Liturgy of the Church of
Sarum, 249,
250 Llandaff (Bishop of) [Dr. Ollivant]
Speech on the Society of the
Holy Cross, 113
Llanthony, Enclosed Nuns at, 184 London
(Bishop of) [Dr. Jackson]
censures the Priest in Absolution,
104, 112, 113 Longley (Archbishop
Charles T.)
295
Letter to the Bishop of Oxford, 278
Nicholas (Rev. G. Davenport) and
the Statement of S. S. C., 108
on the secret nature of S. S. C., 122 Night
Hours of the Church, 200 Nihill (Rev. H.
D.) on the Sacra ment of Penance, 74
is not ashamed of the Priest in
Absolution, 144
Nineteenth Century, article on the
Order of Corporate Reunion in
the, 161 Nunnery Life in the Church of
England,
40, 41, 185 Oakeley (Rev. Frederick) on
life in
Littlemore Monastery, 21
describes Tractarian conduct on
the Continent, 29 Offices from the
Breviary, 200 One of our Consolations,
359 Order of Corporate Reunion, 147-161
its Objects, 148
its Birth, 148
First Pastoral of the, 149-151
Thomas, Rector of the, 149
Joseph, Provincial of York, 149
Laurence, Provincial of Caer
leon, 149
opposes School Boards, 150
doubts the validity of the Orders
of the Church of England, 151
Manning, 292
praises the superiority of
Roman books, 293
Pusey (Rev. Dr.) Bishop Wilberforce
censures his Romanizing work, 297. 358
acknowledges his belief in Pur
gatory and the Invocation of Saints, 297
Eirenicon, 330-332, 357
on the Primacy and Supremacy of
the Pope, 331, 333
said to have been a Gallican on
the wrong side of the water,
333
421
Reunion with Rome, Work of the Society
of the Holy Cross for,
323-327
Rev. N. Y. Birkmyre on, 328
How to promote, 336-338
E. C. U. Address to Lambeth
Conference on, 344
Lord Halifax most earnestly
desires, 346
Objections to, 362-372
What the Ritualists teach about,
380, 381
of Mercy, 187
Miss Margaret Goodmans estimate
of, 188-190 Sergeant (Rev. E. W.), his
suggested
Revision of the Book of Common
Prayer, 343
Separation, The Duty of, 361 Shipley (Rev.
Orby) on the Doctrine
of Reserve, 9
proposes an Oratory of the S. S. C.,
65
on Convocation, 78 Sibthorp (Rev. R. W.),
287 Sisterhood of the Holy Cross, 173
note Sisterhoods, Ritualistic, 162-201
formed on Roman models, 163-166 are
really secret societies, 163
hungry, 191
Slapton, enclosed Nuns at, 184 Smith
(Rev. Joseph Newton), Founder of the
Society of the Holy Cross,
47
on the wisdom of the serpent,
I2 5 Smythe (Rev. W. Edmund), 61-62,
see also Lebombo, Bishop of Society of
the Holy Cross (The Master
of) on Reserve, 9, 10
its first members, 47
its caution and secrecy, 47, 48, 63,
64, 65, 121, 125, 127
its Statutes, 48, 128
its Officia, 48
its Cross, 48
founded, 48
its mysterious Committee of
Clergy, 49, 50
its secret Synods and Chapters,
50, 51,
its secret Roll of sworn Celibates,
52, 53
the Celibate Oath, 53
the Brethren pledged to bring
yoling and old to Confession, 54
its Books for the Young, 54, 55
its Penitentiary Committee :
their names, 55, 56
359. 36o
The Romeward Movement, 260-372 The
Ten Commandments and the
Ritualists, 341, 343 The Thirty-Nine
Articles, What the
Ritualists teach about, 378-380
Newman no great friend of,
268, 330
the Rev. W. G. Ward on, 279 Thynne (Lord
Charles) on the Tract
arian Confessional, 89 Toleration to
Protestants is Intoler ance to Catholics,
369 Towne (Rev. Lyndhurst B.), 141
Tracts for the Times abused as Popish,
267
298