tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post4146482788964730807..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: The New Berkeley ReviewFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-12797257558958492632012-12-08T17:42:34.032-05:002012-12-08T17:42:34.032-05:00What a wonderful article. The most perceptive comm...What a wonderful article. The most perceptive common sense on the subject I have read for a long time!David Chisletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14270108117063682909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-13952721369811023262011-02-05T11:17:13.019-05:002011-02-05T11:17:13.019-05:00I remember a conversation with Archbishop Morse in...I remember a conversation with Archbishop Morse in which he went on and on about what glories the NOR would rise too. I had within the week meet Dale Vree and when I learned from his own lips that his wife was Roman Catholic something almost immediately told me that he would not remain with in Anglicanism long. I tried to warn the bishop but he would not hear it. He was far too sure of his abilities to manipulate any and all with not so subtle flatterys. If I had not spent the previous decades working with leftist Democrats, I might have been taken in as my parish in San Francisco had been taken over by the homosexual wing of Anglo-papalism and more than anything else I wanted a parish where I could raise my children in the faith and practice of our American Book of Common Prayer. I and others soon realized that such would be as impossible in St. Peter's Oakland as it was going to be anyplace in the Episcopal Church. But before I left with my family I managed a long and very interesting conversation with the Reverend John Cahoon who was later to fall victim to Morse's vanity.<br /><br />I regret that you, Father, fell victim to the Vree's and their journal. But it is the good fortune of all of us who work and pray for a better day for classical Anglicanism that you have come through that as well as 'le affaire Morrison' with faith and sanity intact. What frightens me is that I see a continuation of the attitude, the flirting with a high camp version of Anglo-papalism far too alive and active in the Continuum overall although, thankfully, not in this blog which is a rock of Anglican sanity.Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-20075902938407967372011-02-04T18:26:29.653-05:002011-02-04T18:26:29.653-05:00"when it seems obvious that Mr. Vree and his ..."when it seems obvious that Mr. Vree and his son Pieter, who is now the editor, constituted this mass exodus."<br />I suppose one could include the late Sheldon Vanauken among the writers of the NOR who left Anglicanism (TEC) for Rome. Excellent article.Ed Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-62254533845287258732011-02-03T14:50:19.991-05:002011-02-03T14:50:19.991-05:00I've pretty much given up on reading NOR after...I've pretty much given up on reading NOR after its defect from Anglicanism years ago. Its the worst of conservatism, and really besmirches the name of true traditionalists.<br /><br />Thanks, Fr. Hart, for the clarification.<br /><br />New "Oxford" Review, indeed.<br /><br />S. Augustine<br />ACC Churchman<br />Church of the Guardian AngelsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-85870216585688428422011-02-03T01:48:51.341-05:002011-02-03T01:48:51.341-05:00Brendan:
When I hear that song, and the words, &q...Brendan:<br /><br />When I hear that song, and the words, "war is over, if you want it," I think, "I wish it really were that easy; but, it's not." Nonetheless, I prefer its idealism to the usual Hedonism of today's songs.<br /><br />As for naming the Apostles, the one everybody always forgets is Bashful.Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-8756791539111174552011-02-02T21:35:04.140-05:002011-02-02T21:35:04.140-05:00A great post, Fr Hart. Well said. John Lennon was...A great post, Fr Hart. Well said. John Lennon was brought up by his grandmother and aunt (not fully sure of facts) but I do know that his mother walked out at a very early age.<br />When attending a church in a neighbouring area one Sunday, the locum Anglican priest, whined "can anybody name the disciples?" He was not having much luck getting the full 12 and (given my bizarre sense of humour and finding the priest so overbearing) I was going to sing out "John, Paul, Ringo and George". I did refrain, but part of me regretted not saying them!!<br />The lyrics and music of "Happy Christmas (War is Over)by Lennon still brings tears to my eyes, and it is a sobering reminder to Christians each time we hear them at Christmas. <br /><br /><br /><br />So this is Christmas<br />And what have you done<br />Another year over<br />And a new one just begun<br />And so this is Christmas<br />I hope you have fun<br />The near and the dear ones<br />The old and the young<br /><br />A very merry Christmas<br />And a happy New Year<br />Let's hope it's a good one<br />Without any fear<br />And so this is Christmas<br />For weak and for strong<br />For rich and the poor ones<br />The world is so wrong<br />And so happy Christmas<br />For black and for white<br />For yellow and red ones<br />Let's stop all the fight<br />A very merry Christmas<br />And a happy New Year<br />Let's hope it's a good one<br />Without any fear......Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619663551614647792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-30335939041661445072011-02-02T20:37:09.692-05:002011-02-02T20:37:09.692-05:00I did my senior sermon at Nashotah House on the Le...I did my senior sermon at Nashotah House on the Lennon quote. People seemed to like it. (The sermon, that is.)<br /><br />I mentioned that Lennon did not say he was happy that Christianity would "go" or "vanish and shrink" but that he was simply calling it like he saw it. What I believe he was saying was that if, on any given evening in Britain at the peak of Beatlemania, both an Anglican liturgy and a Beatles concert were held in the same town, the Beatles concert would be the bigger draw, among teenagers at least. Who could dispute that claim?<br /><br />I asked the congregation to consider whether his prediction has turned out to be fairly accurate, considering that England now has more practicing Muslims than Anglicans.<br /><br />I challenged the seminarians simply to keep their ordination vows as a measure to help prevent the shrinkage and vanishing of Christianity here in the U.S.<br /><br />I don't know if any of them read NOR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com