The Sacramental Church: The Story of Anglo-Catholicism

What is Anglo-Catholicism? What are its origins? Are Anglo-Catholics real Anglicans/Episcopalians? What is their relationship with Roman Catholics? Has Anglo-Catholicism betrayed Anglicanisms Protestant roots? The Sacramental Church answers these and many other questions. Addressed to the general reader it explores the history practices beliefs and attitudes of Anglo-Catholicism. While Anglo-Catholicism has deep roots in English Christianity it attained its modern form through the nineteenth-century Catholic Revival--a movement that aroused strong passions among proponents and opponents alike. The revival its proponents declared reclaimed for the Anglican faith its heritage as an authentic branch of the one holy catholic and apostolic church. Anglo-Catholicism gave Anglicans/Episcopalians options to embrace ceremonial forms of worship affirm the objective real presence and sacrificial nature of the Eucharist venerate Mary the Mother of God or join a monastery without abandoning their Anglican tradition. With an extensive bibliography and numerous direct quotes The Sacramental Church provides a valuable reference source as well as a very readable story of Anglo-Catholicism--the expression of sacramental Christianity with special relevance to the English-speaking people. John Francis Nash PhD is an independent scholar and committed Anglo-Catholic. He has published numerous articles authored the two-volume Christianity: the One the Many (2007) and founded The Esoteric Quarterly.