The Wilton Diptych

Richard II was crowned King #OnThisDay in 1377 👑

The Wilton Diptych, one of a few English panel paintings to have survived from the Middle Ages, was made for his private use. On the inside the King is presented to the Virgin and Christ Child: https://t.co/FdRFcGkpGP pic.twitter.com/ucYfpHNI2Y

— National Gallery (@NationalGallery) July 16, 2022

Anaxios

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has led the English Archdiocese of Westminster since 2009.

He continues to serve as he approaches his 77th birthday.

Who could succeed him? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿https://t.co/oEdHnf7Ztj

— Luke Coppen (@LukeCoppen) July 11, 2022

Going to Church in Medieval England by Nicholas Orme

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/as-pope-francis-calls-for-more-marriage

Just finished a review copy of Nicholas Orme's 'Going to Church in Medieval England', a brilliant work of synthesis by one of the main contributers to the subject. It goes up to 1559 and gives the historical grounding for @SaveTheParish, @giles_fraser @WalkerMarcus pic.twitter.com/2SOblxT7KG

— Stephen Holmes (@amalarius) June 21, 2022

Yale University Press

Going to Church in Medieval England

And here I am on his excellent new book, Going to Church in Medieval England: https://t.co/i7utZZW9Uz

— John Wilson (@jwilson1812) August 27, 2021

St. Alphege, Pray for Us!

Feast of St. Alphege, Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury martyred by the Danes in 1012. Later Lanfranc questioned whether he had truly died for the Faith to which St. Anselm replied “death for the sake of justice is death for Christ.” pic.twitter.com/UNC7Kwqcdg

— Benedict Kiely (@benedict_kiely) April 19, 2021

Deserving of a Popular Cult

And the modern Roman saint-making machine wasn't involved in his canonization so there's that for the credibility of the cult.

But this is a take that will be unpopular among the Latin integralists: St. Thomas Becket was a victim of a theology of ecclesial authority that hadn't been fully worked out and yet was nonetheless asserted and practiced as dogma. Was a conflict between a Christian secular authority (especially in the form of a over-grasping monarchy) and ecclesial authority inevitable? Probably. Could it have been resolved by other means? What if the Church had not assisted in the development of Christian monarchy in the first place, and had chosen a different path?

I found this post from The Josias which perfectly reflects how St. Thomas Becket wouuld be portrayed by Latin integralists:

St. Thomas Becket, Integralisthttps://t.co/rNWrwLkX3y

— The Josias (@josias_rex) December 30, 2020

Holy Edward, Pray for Us!

A Depiction of the Crucifixion

That is not so bloody or painful as later depictions in Western art. Would we say that Christ is serene in this one? Or just dead? The missal is dated to a period after the Black Death, but maybe the trend of more gory depictions of the crucifixion had not spread to England yet?



NLM

Fr. Faber

"Doctor Ecclesiae"...

I suppose this honorific won't be retired any time soon, as it is a conceit of the patriarch of Rome.

Is there any example of "development of doctrine" that isn't a form of theological reasoning? Certainly this is the case with the development of moral teaching. If we set aside the 7 ecumenical councils, what will we find if we look for the premises yielding some of the doctrines put forth by various Latin synods (reckoned to be ecumenical by some Latins) of the second millennium?

Holy Edmund, Pray for Us!

Pravoslavie: ON THE FEAST OF ST. EDMUND, KING AND MARTYR
Commemorated November 20/December 3

They took the corpse and head, set them in a hastily-built hut-chapel and immediately miracles began. A light was seen over the tomb, the blind and the sick were healed. Miraculously the head became joined to the body, with only a red scar marking the place of the cruel cut between torso and head. Local people came as pilgrims to venerate Edmund's relics, which remained intact and incorrupt.

First Things: Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten A Protestant understanding of England’s martyrs by Peter Hitchens

Hidden in the northern suburbs of Oxford are the last traces of a path first trodden by multitudes of country folk hurrying to see the burning of the Protestant martyrs Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley on October 16, 1555, and trudging home afterward. For some years I lived very close to this track, . . . .

Holy Martyr Edmund

Another St. Edmund

Fr. Hunwicke: Nobis in hoc exsilio, Sancte Pater Edmunde ...

CWR: Eamon Duffy’s “Reformation Divided” revises assumptions, offers deep historical insights by Michael B. Kelly

Among the very significant contributions in Reformation Divided are the three chapters devoted to Thomas More, who has suffered from much hagiographical treatment, both good and ill.

Philip Howard

Crisis: A Model of Spiritual Courage for Our Time by Regis Martin