The Oxford "conspiracy" of which Mr. O'Connell writes is, of
course, the Oxford, or Tractarian, Movement of nineteenth-century
England which aimed at rejuvenating the Church of England by
proving, first, that the latter was the heir of primitive
Christianity, and, second, that the doctrines of the English Church
were identical with those of pre-Tridentine Christianity. The story
of the Movement is the story of the "conspirators" who were its
originators and propagators, and the author wisely records the
waxing and waning of the Oxford Movement by making dexterous use of
the personalities of the principals. And what personalities they
were - Newman, Wilberforce, Pusey, Keble, and a host of
subluminaries who debated, argued, wrote, quarreled, feuded and
fought like paladins, and occasionally found themselves,
willy-nilly, on the road to Rome. Mr. O'Connell, despite his
careful scholarship and attention to detail, makes his way through
the theological, political and psychological jungle of
Tractarianism with a sure foot and a light hand, combining astute
critical judgment with a feeling for the irony and humor of
history. On the whole, this is the first satisfactory, and the
first readable, work available on the Movement from its splendid
birth to its unnoted death. Indispensable for religious libraries,
excellent for college-level libraries. (Kirkus Reviews)
A narrative history of Oxford Movement, whereby a group of Anglican
intellectuals, notably Newman, Pusey, Keble and Froude, attempted
to restore to the Victorian Church of England the character of
"primitive Christianity". Many of the inherent principles, such as
Apostolic Succession, were seen to be exemplified by the Catholic
Church. Newman later joined the Church of Rome, and the
Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism has its origins in this
movement.
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