Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
ANGLO-CATHOL|CS
IN ENGLAND GAIN
New Archbishop of Canter-
bury Lends Impetus to
Church Union Plan.
BY RATES RANEY.


CANTERBURY. England. September
l lFl,~-The Anglo-Catholic movement
will reach a high level Of power when
DR. C0stno Gordon Lang assumes the
throne of st. Augustine as Archbishop
OF Canterbury in November
The movement within the Anglican
Church for union with Rome was start
Cd by Cardinal Newman III OXFORD
almost century ago. Despite a Sari~
Gus split I'm their ranks leaders 81 INC
movement have steadily extended theH
influence
One wing Of the Anglo Catholics led
by LORD Halifax looks toward union
with Rome and the Vatican as It's olaT
mate goal: the other wing secs Soiu-
ton OF church problems only in the
CiisaSsociation Of church and state ana
the creation Of an independent ElgliSh
Catholic church.
So disturbed is the evangelical Size
over the recent gains made by the hlgh
churchmen, notably III the appointment
of vigorous Anglo Catholics to leader
ship OF the church in the posts OF LORD
Archbishop Of Canterbury ana LoIu
Archbishop of York that the ProteStaI't
Alliance announced it observed WIN
regret and indignation that in recent
ecclesiastical appointments no regard Is
shown to the opinion Of the House oi
Commons IS EXPRESSED in rs relHcJ~h
OF the new prayer book. Two pFolnl-
nent supporters Of that boo6 nave no"
been selected TO fill the highest posi-
tons IN the national church.
Almost a century has passed since
Cardinal Newman, then vicar OF 81.
Narv's. preached the first OF his nov
famous sermons IN the university
Church of oxford, but the movement
sr| 80 ~
6oned when his famous Tract NO, So
made his position SO advanced that ne
either had to stop or so over to Roman
Catholicism. the latter OF when ne ola,
has moved steadily forward with stead
fast purpose.
In direct contrast with the present
power OF the Anglo-Cathoiics when
permits the free practice of certain R0-
man Catholic rites in some Church OF
England chapels. many cilurcnnen
now living can recall the time when
-ituaiistic services in England were
never safe from the hlesphemous n
terTuptions of hooiigans and worshlpers
were subjected TO insults and even
physical violence, when members OF
some high church congregations had
even to stand guard in SHIFTS 70 pre-
vert the dissertation Of their affairs.
Today Catholicism, although stronger
among the Church ct England clergy
than among the lay members, has
reached the very core Of the national
church. and the appointment Of TWO
Anglo Catholics TO the pTimaelcs OF
Canterbury and YORK has given It con-
troll of the upper hierarchy, WHARF, here
tofcre L has not been strongly rep
resented.
Just as Cardinal Newrnan's Anglo
~ he z,ss@ AZ
century was a reaction to the wesleyan
Evangelical movement Of the eighteenth
century. so the stregg l2ening and con-
solidatson Of the Ang.o-CaEholics TO-DAY
may be considered an answer TO the
drawing tagether Of the various evan
geiicaI churches Ct tha British Empire
II the evangelical wing Of Christen-
dom. England IN recent years has Wit
messed ft9e reunion OF By far the greater
rar1 OF the two Presbyterian Sca1lsfns
from the Established Church OF Scot
land. and many chuTchmen feel that
the healing Of the breach hetwael
those bsaizs and the Established
Church i.aalF viii not long be delayed.
Rarid progress is being made toward
unity by the three groups into whicn
English Eethooisn has been split. The
growing understanding between the
various religious bodies in England
known as the nonconforTnists has let
70 the formation Of a free church
COUNCIL.
On the other hand this unity IS easily
balanced on the Catholic side. InlS Is
illustrated by the increasingly cordial
UNDERSTANDING between the Anglican
and Eastern Orthodox branches o. tne
Catholic Church. Church Of England
clerics are received with aIectionate
T.r.,sv<aex- ga-y y-za7Y7F1eY1 If the Russian
Greek ana Armenian Churches. They
are permitted 70 say mass in the Gyesk
Nonast ary OF Abraham close 70 the
Holy SepuicfeT. and at Nazareth the
Greek metropolitan invited English
cIerfcs 10 give communion III his own
private chapel.
These are details, but they are syEnp-
tomato Of the persistent movement
toward intercoynmunication between
the Orthodox and Anglican Catnollc
churches.