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Edited by Alcuin Reid Adrian Fortescue, a British apologist for the Catholic faith in the early part of the 20th century, wrote this classic of clear exposition on the faith of the early Church in the papacy based upon the writings of the Church fathers until 451. No ultramontanist, Fortescue can be a keen critic of personal failings of various Popes, but he shows through his brilliant assessment of the writings of the Church fathers that the early Church had a clear understanding of the primacy of Peter and a belief in the divinely given authority of the Pope in matters of faith and morals. Referring to the famous passage in Matthew 16:18 where Jesus confers his authority upon Peter as the ...
The Venerable Sir Adrian Fortescue - Knight of the bath, knight of St. John, martyr is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Based on diaries and his published works, Nichols presents an account of Adrian Fortescue's developing personality with an interpretative overview of his writing. Beginning with Fortescue's family background, it looks at his reactions to clerical training, and the wider scene, in Rome and Austria-Hungry at the end of the nineteenth century and the attempts of a widely read and imaginative man to adjust to the limits of priestly life in the East End of London, and the home counties in the Edwardian epoch.
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Adrian Fortescue (1874-1923) was recognized as one of England's foremost authorities on Eastern Christianity. This book is a critical examination of his writings on the subject, analyzing what he said about the Eastern Christian Churches, and highlighting his insights into key questions.
This classic liturgical aid is organized as follows: Part I. General Principles Concerning Ceremonies I. The Church and Its Furniture II. The Vestments of the Roman Rite III. Liturgical Vessels, Instruments and Books IV. Common Ceremonial Actions V. The Choir and Assistants at Ceremonies Part II. The Holy Sacrifice VI. Low Mass Said by a Priest VII. Low Mass for the Dead VIII. Mass by a Priest in the Presence of a Prelate IX. Low Mass Said by a Bishop X. The Manner of Serving Low Mass XI. High Mass XII. High Mass for the Dead XIII. Sung Mass (Missa Cantata) Without Deacon and Subdeacon XIV. The Assistant Priest XV. High Mass in the Presence of a Greater Prelate XVI. Pontifical High Mass at t...
Fortescue's grasp of the disputes that divide East and West have made this a modern classic. This newly typeset edition does aesthetic justice to the quality of the content.