Roman Catholicism

Organised religion is rapidly losing its hold on the masses of Britons. “Morality touched with emotions” seems to be a fit description of what subsists of Christianity in the nominal following of most persuasions. Only the Church of Rome, a minority of about 5,000,000 communicants, is gaining ground. “Anti-popery” has not vanished. But the days of blind hatred and violence are over. The Roman solution to the perplexities of our times is more than ever a magnet to people searching for doctrinal certainties and moral discipline. The list of distinguished converts is long and includes John Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Sir Alec Guinness. But the position of the Roman Catholic Church remains abnormal in a country where “the King is by custom a member of the Church of England in England, of the quite different Church of Scotland in Scotland and, by law, a ‘Protestant’ everywhere.”

QUESTIONS:

1. When does the Church of England begin?

2. Explain the difference between High, Broad, and Low Church.

3. What are the Protestant denominations outside the Church of England? Which of them has shown the greatest vitality and met with great success among the working people?

4. What is the importance of Roman Catholicism in the country?

5. What does the national church of the English stand for?

Литература:

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